High paying construction jobs in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 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 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ run 1.1% below the national average (2024), so a Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ salary is worth about 1.01× 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, Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ · Employed

1Sheet Metal Workers$100,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,020 – $124,200150
2Roofers$77,990
No formal educational credential
$42,440 – $99,76090
3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$76,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,970 – $128,480320
4Electricians$65,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,980 – $121,990710
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$64,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,030 – $111,780530
6Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$64,070
No formal educational credential
$47,510 – $109,520130
7Carpenters$60,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,160 – $116,400970
8Solar Photovoltaic Installers$60,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,260 – $104,28070
9Construction Laborers$55,120
No formal educational credential
$33,890 – $98,8001,140
10Fence Erectors$54,250
No formal educational credential
$42,990 – $62,40060
11Painters, Construction and Maintenance$52,940
No formal educational credential
$34,210 – $85,330460
12Helpers--Electricians$43,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,980 – $44,790140
13Highway Maintenance Workers$41,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,990 – $80,130430

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

#	Occupation	MedianAtlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$100,470	$47,020 – $124,200	150
2	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$77,990	$42,440 – $99,760	90
3	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,240	$49,970 – $128,480	320
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,710	$46,980 – $121,990	710
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,220	$45,030 – $111,780	530
6	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$64,070	$47,510 – $109,520	130
7	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,840	$38,160 – $116,400	970
8	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,230	$48,260 – $104,280	70
9	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$55,120	$33,890 – $98,800	1,140
10	Fence ErectorsNo formal educational credential	$54,250	$42,990 – $62,400	60
11	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$52,940	$34,210 – $85,330	460
12	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,400	$34,980 – $44,790	140
13	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,000	$33,990 – $80,130	430

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ. 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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