High paying construction jobs in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR 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.

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

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OccupationMedian, San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR · Employed

1Construction and Building Inspectors$45,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,960 – $84,720560
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$37,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,830 – $56,5403,930
3Electricians$35,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,780 – $58,3901,320
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$32,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,530 – $49,580800
5Carpenters$30,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,670 – $36,7602,350
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$29,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,420 – $43,1001,730
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$29,540
No formal educational credential
$22,520 – $36,810360
8Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$28,420
No formal educational credential
$22,010 – $48,930300
9Solar Photovoltaic Installers$26,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,210 – $29,3001,700
10Helpers--Carpenters$26,380
No formal educational credential
$22,910 – $34,7601,010
11Helpers--Electricians$26,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,660 – $36,1101,280
12Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$26,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,150 – $35,340380
13Painters, Construction and Maintenance$24,950
No formal educational credential
$23,020 – $37,520440
14Construction Laborers$24,270
No formal educational credential
$21,870 – $32,9707,060
15Roofers$24,100
No formal educational credential
$23,140 – $32,900400
16Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other$22,960
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $26,520610
17Highway Maintenance Workers$21,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $60,0601,570

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

#	Occupation	MedianSan Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,090	$28,960 – $84,720	560
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,960	$29,830 – $56,540	3,930
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,470	$28,780 – $58,390	1,320
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,300	$24,530 – $49,580	800
5	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,530	$26,670 – $36,760	2,350
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,810	$22,420 – $43,100	1,730
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$29,540	$22,520 – $36,810	360
8	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$28,420	$22,010 – $48,930	300
9	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,860	$23,210 – $29,300	1,700
10	Helpers--CarpentersNo formal educational credential	$26,380	$22,910 – $34,760	1,010
11	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,310	$23,660 – $36,110	1,280
12	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,040	$22,150 – $35,340	380
13	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$24,950	$23,020 – $37,520	440
14	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$24,270	$21,870 – $32,970	7,060
15	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$24,100	$23,140 – $32,900	400
16	Helpers, Construction Trades, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$22,960	$21,840 – $26,520	610
17	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$21,840	$21,840 – $60,060	1,570

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR. 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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