High paying construction jobs in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, 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 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA run 7.8% above the national average (2024), so a Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA salary is worth about 0.93× 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, Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA · Employed

1Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$105,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,900 – $144,270710
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$103,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$68,500 – $152,5901,200
3Construction and Building Inspectors$102,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,950 – $181,160140
4Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$82,650
No formal educational credential
$57,990 – $127,990700
5Carpenters$80,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,070 – $121,4902,150
6Electricians$77,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,850 – $134,9901,080
7Sheet Metal Workers$74,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,190 – $161,510110
8Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$64,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,430 – $133,120560
9Roofers$64,020
No formal educational credential
$49,130 – $105,950430
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$62,790
No formal educational credential
$47,070 – $94,970730
11Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$61,980
No formal educational credential
$48,280 – $105,480570
12Solar Photovoltaic Installers$61,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,100 – $93,130100
13Glaziers$61,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,670 – $118,41080
14Construction Laborers$60,270
No formal educational credential
$45,430 – $91,3801,550
15Highway Maintenance Workers$59,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,100 – $83,27070
16Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$59,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,550 – $79,79070
17Tile and Stone Setters$58,070
No formal educational credential
$45,910 – $115,140280
18Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters$52,630
No formal educational credential
$45,690 – $61,39070

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

#	Occupation	MedianSanta Rosa-Petaluma, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$105,080	$56,900 – $144,270	710
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,600	$68,500 – $152,590	1,200
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,060	$52,950 – $181,160	140
4	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$82,650	$57,990 – $127,990	700
5	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,520	$51,070 – $121,490	2,150
6	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,380	$47,850 – $134,990	1,080
7	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,440	$49,190 – $161,510	110
8	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,700	$49,430 – $133,120	560
9	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$64,020	$49,130 – $105,950	430
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$62,790	$47,070 – $94,970	730
11	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$61,980	$48,280 – $105,480	570
12	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,810	$49,100 – $93,130	100
13	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,430	$47,670 – $118,410	80
14	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$60,270	$45,430 – $91,380	1,550
15	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,500	$45,100 – $83,270	70
16	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,400	$44,550 – $79,790	70
17	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$58,070	$45,910 – $115,140	280
18	Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble SettersNo formal educational credential	$52,630	$45,690 – $61,390	70

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, 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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