High paying construction jobs in Urban Honolulu, HI with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Urban Honolulu, HI 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 Urban Honolulu, HI run 11.0% above the national average (2024), so a Urban Honolulu, HI salary is worth about 0.90× 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, Urban Honolulu, HI · Employed

1Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$117,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,990 – $129,1701,430
2Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$105,910
No formal educational credential
$50,230 – $119,660710
3First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$103,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,430 – $130,0502,040
4Electricians$100,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,730 – $124,0402,290
5Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$96,260
No formal educational credential
$50,360 – $108,890500
6Tapers$95,490
No formal educational credential
$48,890 – $101,610160
7Carpenters$94,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,860 – $115,4703,120
8Sheet Metal Workers$93,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,730 – $127,160440
9Tile and Stone Setters$86,850
No formal educational credential
$43,590 – $170,040290
10Construction and Building Inspectors$84,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,590 – $100,340540
11Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$81,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,460 – $115,0801,810
12Glaziers$80,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,100 – $104,730210
13Construction Laborers$77,960
No formal educational credential
$40,100 – $93,5603,040
14Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles$77,280
No formal educational credential
$44,610 – $89,030150
15Solar Photovoltaic Installers$69,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,480 – $98,040330
16Painters, Construction and Maintenance$66,160
No formal educational credential
$46,770 – $90,2701,390
17Roofers$59,220
No formal educational credential
$45,740 – $79,400860
18Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$58,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,000 – $77,270310
19Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other$30,900
No formal educational credential
$29,880 – $52,000160

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

#	Occupation	MedianUrban Honolulu, HI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$117,630	$60,990 – $129,170	1,430
2	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$105,910	$50,230 – $119,660	710
3	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,020	$63,430 – $130,050	2,040
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$100,270	$45,730 – $124,040	2,290
5	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$96,260	$50,360 – $108,890	500
6	TapersNo formal educational credential	$95,490	$48,890 – $101,610	160
7	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,310	$53,860 – $115,470	3,120
8	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$93,380	$52,730 – $127,160	440
9	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$86,850	$43,590 – $170,040	290
10	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,910	$53,590 – $100,340	540
11	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,120	$49,460 – $115,080	1,810
12	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,940	$52,100 – $104,730	210
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$77,960	$40,100 – $93,560	3,040
14	Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard TilesNo formal educational credential	$77,280	$44,610 – $89,030	150
15	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,940	$47,480 – $98,040	330
16	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$66,160	$46,770 – $90,270	1,390
17	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$59,220	$45,740 – $79,400	860
18	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,440	$44,000 – $77,270	310
19	Helpers, Construction Trades, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$30,900	$29,880 – $52,000	160

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Urban Honolulu, HI. 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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