High paying construction jobs in Sioux Falls, SD-MN with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Sioux Falls, SD-MN 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 Sioux Falls, SD-MN run 9.4% below the national average (2024), so a Sioux Falls, SD-MN salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Sioux Falls, SD-MN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$78,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,990 – $100,160990
2Construction and Building Inspectors$78,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,960 – $91,71060
3Electricians$61,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,150 – $80,8601,330
4Brickmasons and Blockmasons$61,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,480 – $86,020160
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$60,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,310 – $77,180630
6Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles$59,500
No formal educational credential
$38,660 – $70,77090
7Structural Iron and Steel Workers$59,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,150 – $76,130200
8Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$55,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,260 – $76,480810
9Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$52,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,960 – $57,61070
10Highway Maintenance Workers$52,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,960 – $66,150290
11Fence Erectors$51,580
No formal educational credential
$36,520 – $62,61080
12Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$49,560
No formal educational credential
$45,540 – $59,080220
13Carpenters$49,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,090 – $67,5301,640
14Pipelayers$49,400
No formal educational credential
$38,080 – $61,050110
15Roofers$48,880
No formal educational credential
$34,400 – $59,320180
16Painters, Construction and Maintenance$48,440
No formal educational credential
$37,440 – $58,200360
17Sheet Metal Workers$48,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,060 – $88,330170
18Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$47,790
No formal educational credential
$37,180 – $63,7801,020
19Glaziers$47,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,620 – $59,05070
20Construction Laborers$46,850
No formal educational credential
$36,470 – $57,680700
21Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$45,050
No formal educational credential
$36,660 – $60,290170
22Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$36,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,700 – $43,47080
23Helpers--Carpenters$35,980
No formal educational credential
$24,810 – $46,420110
24Helpers--Electricians$35,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,620 – $42,87090

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

#	Occupation	MedianSioux Falls, SD-MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,940	$60,990 – $100,160	990
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,410	$50,960 – $91,710	60
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,470	$46,150 – $80,860	1,330
4	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,460	$39,480 – $86,020	160
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,960	$48,310 – $77,180	630
6	Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard TilesNo formal educational credential	$59,500	$38,660 – $70,770	90
7	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,200	$47,150 – $76,130	200
8	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,000	$40,260 – $76,480	810
9	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,670	$50,960 – $57,610	70
10	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,540	$46,960 – $66,150	290
11	Fence ErectorsNo formal educational credential	$51,580	$36,520 – $62,610	80
12	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$49,560	$45,540 – $59,080	220
13	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,410	$39,090 – $67,530	1,640
14	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$49,400	$38,080 – $61,050	110
15	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$48,880	$34,400 – $59,320	180
16	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$48,440	$37,440 – $58,200	360
17	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,310	$39,060 – $88,330	170
18	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$47,790	$37,180 – $63,780	1,020
19	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,590	$43,620 – $59,050	70
20	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$46,850	$36,470 – $57,680	700
21	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$45,050	$36,660 – $60,290	170
22	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,780	$30,700 – $43,470	80
23	Helpers--CarpentersNo formal educational credential	$35,980	$24,810 – $46,420	110
24	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,620	$31,620 – $42,870	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Sioux Falls, SD-MN. 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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