High paying construction jobs in Salinas, CA with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Salinas, CA that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Salinas, CA run 9.0% above the national average (2024), so a Salinas, CA salary is worth about 0.92× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Salinas, CA · Employed

1Construction and Building Inspectors$100,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$69,830 – $148,64090
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$91,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,300 – $127,920500
3Sheet Metal Workers$83,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,100 – $135,81060
4Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$80,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,730 – $131,930340
5Electricians$78,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,740 – $131,450530
6Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$73,650
No formal educational credential
$48,190 – $91,800160
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$68,050
No formal educational credential
$48,330 – $155,420200
8Carpenters$67,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,930 – $104,6301,210
9Glaziers$65,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,120 – $122,310100
10Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$64,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,270 – $101,400320
11Plasterers and Stucco Masons$64,330
No formal educational credential
$46,750 – $77,35080
12Highway Maintenance Workers$64,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,290 – $79,090160
13Construction Laborers$61,680
No formal educational credential
$45,620 – $99,030950
14Roofers$61,530
No formal educational credential
$47,530 – $75,790240
15Painters, Construction and Maintenance$60,860
No formal educational credential
$42,350 – $78,500520
16Tile and Stone Setters$58,430
No formal educational credential
$39,140 – $109,430140
17Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$49,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,610 – $82,160100
18Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$48,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,320 – $71,43060

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianSalinas, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$100,830	$69,830 – $148,640	90
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,200	$61,300 – $127,920	500
3	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,470	$52,100 – $135,810	60
4	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,320	$59,730 – $131,930	340
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,780	$47,740 – $131,450	530
6	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$73,650	$48,190 – $91,800	160
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$68,050	$48,330 – $155,420	200
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,530	$47,930 – $104,630	1,210
9	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,380	$50,120 – $122,310	100
10	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,440	$47,270 – $101,400	320
11	Plasterers and Stucco MasonsNo formal educational credential	$64,330	$46,750 – $77,350	80
12	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,160	$47,290 – $79,090	160
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$61,680	$45,620 – $99,030	950
14	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$61,530	$47,530 – $75,790	240
15	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$60,860	$42,350 – $78,500	520
16	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$58,430	$39,140 – $109,430	140
17	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,390	$45,610 – $82,160	100
18	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,770	$42,320 – $71,430	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Salinas, CA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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