High paying construction jobs in Arkansas with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Arkansas 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 Arkansas run 13.1% below the national average (2024), so a Arkansas salary is worth about 1.15× 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 Arkansas.

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

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OccupationMedian, Arkansas · Employed

1Brickmasons and Blockmasons$55,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,170 – $62,370450
2Electricians$49,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,910 – $74,4607,500
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$48,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,410 – $68,8703,370
4Carpenters$47,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $70,5504,030
5Roofers$47,470
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $58,270950
6Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$46,230
No formal educational credential
$34,260 – $59,3401,900
7Sheet Metal Workers$45,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,800 – $57,3801,230
8Structural Iron and Steel Workers$45,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,430 – $61,4601,080
9Glaziers$44,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,600 – $55,590480
10Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$44,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,520 – $58,6705,800
11Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$44,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,890 – $50,650490
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$40,090
No formal educational credential
$31,150 – $54,610890
13Pipelayers$37,650
No formal educational credential
$31,570 – $44,760430
14Construction Laborers$37,630
No formal educational credential
$30,850 – $48,41010,650
15Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$36,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,800 – $108,620440
16Highway Maintenance Workers$35,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,190 – $46,110860

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

#	Occupation	MedianArkansas	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,100	$39,170 – $62,370	450
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,070	$34,910 – $74,460	7,500
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,660	$33,410 – $68,870	3,370
4	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,760	$36,400 – $70,550	4,030
5	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$47,470	$31,200 – $58,270	950
6	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$46,230	$34,260 – $59,340	1,900
7	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,820	$35,800 – $57,380	1,230
8	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,510	$32,430 – $61,460	1,080
9	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,700	$30,600 – $55,590	480
10	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,520	$35,520 – $58,670	5,800
11	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,010	$35,890 – $50,650	490
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$40,090	$31,150 – $54,610	890
13	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$37,650	$31,570 – $44,760	430
14	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$37,630	$30,850 – $48,410	10,650
15	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,630	$34,800 – $108,620	440
16	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,740	$27,190 – $46,110	860

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