High paying construction jobs in Youngstown-Warren, OH with no degree

The best paid construction occupations in Youngstown-Warren, OH 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 Youngstown-Warren, OH run 12.6% below the national average (2024), so a Youngstown-Warren, OH salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Youngstown-Warren, OH · Employed

1Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$74,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,830 – $80,46050
2First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$74,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,830 – $101,300730
3Construction and Building Inspectors$64,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,200 – $87,51080
4Sheet Metal Workers$62,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,690 – $80,090180
5Brickmasons and Blockmasons$61,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,410 – $75,000130
6Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$61,060
No formal educational credential
$42,180 – $79,560200
7Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$59,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,190 – $94,370410
8Electricians$59,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,570 – $90,300830
9Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$59,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,210 – $97,160420
10Glaziers$58,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,260 – $64,07060
11Carpenters$56,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,080 – $80,270460
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$49,400
No formal educational credential
$35,560 – $72,230400
13Construction Laborers$48,580
No formal educational credential
$34,770 – $76,480850
14Roofers$47,820
No formal educational credential
$38,530 – $71,270380
15Highway Maintenance Workers$46,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,220 – $57,570220

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

#	Occupation	MedianYoungstown-Warren, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,950	$42,830 – $80,460	50
2	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,120	$54,830 – $101,300	730
3	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,300	$47,200 – $87,510	80
4	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,640	$38,690 – $80,090	180
5	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,420	$47,410 – $75,000	130
6	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$61,060	$42,180 – $79,560	200
7	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,680	$39,190 – $94,370	410
8	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,570	$36,570 – $90,300	830
9	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,210	$45,210 – $97,160	420
10	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,790	$44,260 – $64,070	60
11	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,970	$37,080 – $80,270	460
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$49,400	$35,560 – $72,230	400
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$48,580	$34,770 – $76,480	850
14	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$47,820	$38,530 – $71,270	380
15	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,780	$35,220 – $57,570	220

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Youngstown-Warren, OH. 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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