High paying construction jobs in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, 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 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA run 8.6% above the national average (2024), so a San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, 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, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$94,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,050 – $135,400570
2Construction and Building Inspectors$80,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,050 – $142,440120
3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$79,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,250 – $130,190530
4Carpenters$77,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,460 – $128,350820
5Electricians$76,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,210 – $143,060530
6Highway Maintenance Workers$68,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,830 – $78,700130
7Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$67,060
No formal educational credential
$47,280 – $112,960180
8Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$63,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,370 – $113,880320
9Roofers$63,030
No formal educational credential
$48,000 – $76,020190
10Plasterers and Stucco Masons$62,790
No formal educational credential
$50,030 – $80,83050
11Glaziers$61,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,660 – $89,63090
12Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$61,070
No formal educational credential
$45,400 – $100,080330
13Solar Photovoltaic Installers$61,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,840 – $79,110100
14Construction Laborers$60,140
No formal educational credential
$44,200 – $92,1901,030
15Structural Iron and Steel Workers$60,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,840 – $101,76040
16Painters, Construction and Maintenance$59,120
No formal educational credential
$38,870 – $102,200400
17Tile and Stone Setters$52,640
No formal educational credential
$38,270 – $74,90090
18Fence Erectors$48,230
No formal educational credential
$40,380 – $93,17060

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

#	Occupation	MedianSan Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,560	$62,050 – $135,400	570
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,320	$50,050 – $142,440	120
3	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,340	$54,250 – $130,190	530
4	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,220	$48,460 – $128,350	820
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,540	$46,210 – $143,060	530
6	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,720	$46,830 – $78,700	130
7	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$67,060	$47,280 – $112,960	180
8	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,090	$48,370 – $113,880	320
9	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$63,030	$48,000 – $76,020	190
10	Plasterers and Stucco MasonsNo formal educational credential	$62,790	$50,030 – $80,830	50
11	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,610	$44,660 – $89,630	90
12	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$61,070	$45,400 – $100,080	330
13	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,020	$47,840 – $79,110	100
14	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$60,140	$44,200 – $92,190	1,030
15	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,080	$47,840 – $101,760	40
16	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$59,120	$38,870 – $102,200	400
17	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$52,640	$38,270 – $74,900	90
18	Fence ErectorsNo formal educational credential	$48,230	$40,380 – $93,170	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, 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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