High paying construction jobs in Utica-Rome, NY with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Utica-Rome, NY 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 Utica-Rome, NY run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Utica-Rome, NY salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Utica-Rome, NY · Employed

1Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$72,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,830 – $105,820140
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$71,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,380 – $110,240360
3Construction and Building Inspectors$64,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,960 – $100,930160
4Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$62,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,940 – $120,000200
5Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$61,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,650 – $76,25080
6Electricians$61,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,230 – $100,920270
7Roofers$61,070
No formal educational credential
$47,080 – $80,06080
8Carpenters$59,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,440 – $79,990380
9Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$59,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,610 – $123,160120
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$58,960
No formal educational credential
$47,460 – $70,70060
11Sheet Metal Workers$56,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,180 – $83,32040
12Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$51,950
No formal educational credential
$39,760 – $77,17050
13Painters, Construction and Maintenance$50,650
No formal educational credential
$37,420 – $72,10070
14Highway Maintenance Workers$49,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,820 – $66,370510
15Construction Laborers$49,710
No formal educational credential
$38,400 – $82,900550
16Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$48,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,070 – $57,60040

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

#	Occupation	MedianUtica-Rome, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,810	$45,830 – $105,820	140
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,010	$47,380 – $110,240	360
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,190	$44,960 – $100,930	160
4	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,270	$46,940 – $120,000	200
5	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,780	$47,650 – $76,250	80
6	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,660	$44,230 – $100,920	270
7	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$61,070	$47,080 – $80,060	80
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,540	$44,440 – $79,990	380
9	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,440	$45,610 – $123,160	120
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$58,960	$47,460 – $70,700	60
11	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,500	$41,180 – $83,320	40
12	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$51,950	$39,760 – $77,170	50
13	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$50,650	$37,420 – $72,100	70
14	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,850	$40,820 – $66,370	510
15	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$49,710	$38,400 – $82,900	550
16	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,160	$40,070 – $57,600	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Utica-Rome, NY. 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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