High paying construction jobs in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ run 10.8% below the national average (2024), so a Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ · Employed

1Construction and Building Inspectors$82,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,480 – $114,03040
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$68,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,910 – $98,250170
3Electricians$57,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,470 – $81,490150
4Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas$56,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,680 – $72,61050
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$55,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,900 – $70,720100
6Highway Maintenance Workers$50,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,890 – $51,98030
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$50,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,540 – $70,580140
8Structural Iron and Steel Workers$49,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,030 – $103,11040
9Carpenters$43,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,820 – $61,600150
10Construction Laborers$43,610
No formal educational credential
$34,060 – $54,000310
11Painters, Construction and Maintenance$40,460
No formal educational credential
$31,770 – $51,20040

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

#	Occupation	MedianSierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,240	$59,480 – $114,030	40
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,720	$50,910 – $98,250	170
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,960	$40,470 – $81,490	150
4	Earth Drillers, Except Oil and GasHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,860	$43,680 – $72,610	50
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,690	$36,900 – $70,720	100
6	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,850	$33,890 – $51,980	30
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,470	$38,540 – $70,580	140
8	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,490	$39,030 – $103,110	40
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,910	$34,820 – $61,600	150
10	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$43,610	$34,060 – $54,000	310
11	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$40,460	$31,770 – $51,200	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ. 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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