High paying construction jobs in Altoona, PA with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Altoona, PA that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. 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 Altoona, PA run 10.5% below the national average (2024), so a Altoona, PA salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Altoona, PA · Employed

1Brickmasons and Blockmasons$92,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,790 – $126,66070
2Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$61,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,100 – $80,70080
3Sheet Metal Workers$58,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,080 – $78,50050
4Electricians$58,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,380 – $102,770170
5Carpenters$57,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,600 – $100,920360
6Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$52,990
No formal educational credential
$38,220 – $61,97050
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$50,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,040 – $64,480230
8Painters, Construction and Maintenance$46,210
No formal educational credential
$37,680 – $58,43060
9Highway Maintenance Workers$45,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,080 – $59,57090
10Construction Laborers$45,820
No formal educational credential
$35,610 – $60,370350
11Roofers$44,410
No formal educational credential
$37,610 – $60,49050

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

#	Occupation	MedianAltoona, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,010	$51,790 – $126,660	70
2	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,430	$40,100 – $80,700	80
3	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,630	$45,080 – $78,500	50
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,620	$37,380 – $102,770	170
5	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,360	$41,600 – $100,920	360
6	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$52,990	$38,220 – $61,970	50
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,790	$39,040 – $64,480	230
8	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$46,210	$37,680 – $58,430	60
9	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,880	$36,080 – $59,570	90
10	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$45,820	$35,610 – $60,370	350
11	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$44,410	$37,610 – $60,490	50

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