High paying construction jobs in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 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 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA run 0.3% above the national average (2024), so a Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$92,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,980 – $144,1301,150
2Construction and Building Inspectors$86,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$66,390 – $114,740230
3Structural Iron and Steel Workers$82,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,100 – $95,430120
4Electricians$79,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,310 – $122,6101,290
5Pipelayers$76,390
No formal educational credential
$57,950 – $97,10080
6Sheet Metal Workers$76,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,680 – $124,010190
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$75,210
No formal educational credential
$47,090 – $115,800400
8Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$74,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,110 – $107,640700
9Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$72,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,830 – $105,980810
10Highway Maintenance Workers$63,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,830 – $75,910250
11Carpenters$61,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,750 – $87,7302,020
12Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$61,690
No formal educational credential
$44,600 – $118,750150
13Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$61,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,160 – $77,66080
14Roofers$58,720
No formal educational credential
$46,350 – $94,740420
15Glaziers$58,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,830 – $116,280120
16Painters, Construction and Maintenance$57,050
No formal educational credential
$43,570 – $70,010700
17Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$51,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $67,450100
18Construction Laborers$51,010
No formal educational credential
$38,070 – $76,7901,700
19Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$49,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,670 – $66,460250
20Fence Erectors$49,160
No formal educational credential
$46,510 – $64,00090

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

#	Occupation	MedianSpokane-Spokane Valley, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,780	$61,980 – $144,130	1,150
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$86,140	$66,390 – $114,740	230
3	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,660	$40,100 – $95,430	120
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,830	$47,310 – $122,610	1,290
5	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$76,390	$57,950 – $97,100	80
6	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,080	$49,680 – $124,010	190
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$75,210	$47,090 – $115,800	400
8	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,360	$52,110 – $107,640	700
9	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,800	$47,830 – $105,980	810
10	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,740	$54,830 – $75,910	250
11	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,900	$48,750 – $87,730	2,020
12	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$61,690	$44,600 – $118,750	150
13	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,090	$44,160 – $77,660	80
14	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$58,720	$46,350 – $94,740	420
15	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,130	$43,830 – $116,280	120
16	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$57,050	$43,570 – $70,010	700
17	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,940	$35,360 – $67,450	100
18	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$51,010	$38,070 – $76,790	1,700
19	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,830	$41,670 – $66,460	250
20	Fence ErectorsNo formal educational credential	$49,160	$46,510 – $64,000	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. 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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