High paying construction jobs in Vermont with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Vermont 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 Vermont run 2.0% below the national average (2024), so a Vermont salary is worth about 1.02× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Vermont.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Vermont · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$82,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,870 – $124,4201,010
2Construction and Building Inspectors$66,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,350 – $92,110120
3Electricians$63,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,470 – $132,0801,270
4Carpenters$62,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,840 – $76,8503,080
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$62,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,800 – $91,940980
6Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$61,160
No formal educational credential
$49,390 – $76,500270
7Glaziers$60,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,270 – $63,770110
8Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$59,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,760 – $71,050250
9Brickmasons and Blockmasons$59,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,950 – $76,420100
10Roofers$59,040
No formal educational credential
$45,380 – $63,250210
11Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$58,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,270 – $73,8601,280
12Highway Maintenance Workers$58,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,080 – $67,9101,170
13Sheet Metal Workers$58,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,920 – $82,940370
14Tile and Stone Setters$55,890
No formal educational credential
$46,810 – $65,000140
15Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$53,570
No formal educational credential
$44,780 – $70,260110
16Painters, Construction and Maintenance$53,120
No formal educational credential
$48,060 – $64,000550
17Solar Photovoltaic Installers$49,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,600 – $72,030250
18Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$49,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,660 – $60,140120
19Construction Laborers$48,580
No formal educational credential
$39,130 – $61,7101,430
20Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$46,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,780 – $62,750140
21Helpers--Carpenters$44,550
No formal educational credential
$40,090 – $58,000200
22Helpers--Electricians$37,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $68,270130
23Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$37,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $38,780140

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

#	Occupation	MedianVermont	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,490	$61,870 – $124,420	1,010
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,580	$49,350 – $92,110	120
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,430	$47,470 – $132,080	1,270
4	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,400	$47,840 – $76,850	3,080
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,170	$48,800 – $91,940	980
6	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$61,160	$49,390 – $76,500	270
7	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,390	$48,270 – $63,770	110
8	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,790	$44,760 – $71,050	250
9	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,590	$50,950 – $76,420	100
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$59,040	$45,380 – $63,250	210
11	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,870	$50,270 – $73,860	1,280
12	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,460	$47,080 – $67,910	1,170
13	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,250	$42,920 – $82,940	370
14	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$55,890	$46,810 – $65,000	140
15	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$53,570	$44,780 – $70,260	110
16	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$53,120	$48,060 – $64,000	550
17	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,490	$44,600 – $72,030	250
18	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,110	$45,660 – $60,140	120
19	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$48,580	$39,130 – $61,710	1,430
20	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,140	$39,780 – $62,750	140
21	Helpers--CarpentersNo formal educational credential	$44,550	$40,090 – $58,000	200
22	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,910	$36,400 – $68,270	130
23	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,440	$37,440 – $38,780	140

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Vermont. 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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