High paying construction jobs in Winston-Salem, NC with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Winston-Salem, NC 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 Winston-Salem, NC run 8.0% below the national average (2024), so a Winston-Salem, NC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Winston-Salem, NC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$74,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,940 – $104,7401,500
2Construction and Building Inspectors$58,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,280 – $89,920210
3Electricians$56,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,550 – $72,3501,120
4Carpenters$49,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,600 – $69,050510
5Roofers$49,280
No formal educational credential
$38,370 – $61,100190
6Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$49,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,830 – $72,160860
7Highway Maintenance Workers$48,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $58,250200
8Brickmasons and Blockmasons$47,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,610 – $58,890140
9Structural Iron and Steel Workers$47,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,190 – $56,460160
10Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$47,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $60,760770
11Pipelayers$47,150
No formal educational credential
$37,920 – $56,710190
12Sheet Metal Workers$47,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,270 – $66,140170
13Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$44,680
No formal educational credential
$36,070 – $58,200210
14Construction Laborers$42,210
No formal educational credential
$33,900 – $60,7202,000
15Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$38,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,800 – $48,450180
16Painters, Construction and Maintenance$37,950
No formal educational credential
$27,720 – $55,970350
17Helpers--Electricians$37,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,780 – $47,760360

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

#	Occupation	MedianWinston-Salem, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,360	$49,940 – $104,740	1,500
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,490	$49,280 – $89,920	210
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,100	$38,550 – $72,350	1,120
4	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,940	$35,600 – $69,050	510
5	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$49,280	$38,370 – $61,100	190
6	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,240	$37,830 – $72,160	860
7	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,870	$37,240 – $58,250	200
8	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,910	$37,610 – $58,890	140
9	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,730	$36,190 – $56,460	160
10	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,590	$38,020 – $60,760	770
11	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$47,150	$37,920 – $56,710	190
12	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,080	$37,270 – $66,140	170
13	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$44,680	$36,070 – $58,200	210
14	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$42,210	$33,900 – $60,720	2,000
15	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,710	$31,800 – $48,450	180
16	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$37,950	$27,720 – $55,970	350
17	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,910	$30,780 – $47,760	360

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Winston-Salem, NC. 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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