High paying construction jobs in Bend, OR with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Bend, OR 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 Bend, OR run 3.6% above the national average (2024), so a Bend, OR salary is worth about 0.97× 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, Bend, OR · Employed

1Electricians$99,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,920 – $123,270610
2Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$92,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,370 – $113,030240
3Brickmasons and Blockmasons$72,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,530 – $101,19080
4Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$67,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,970 – $106,010580
5Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$65,790
No formal educational credential
$48,600 – $93,030220
6Highway Maintenance Workers$64,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,680 – $70,320130
7Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$63,970
No formal educational credential
$33,680 – $114,670100
8Sheet Metal Workers$63,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,070 – $106,500150
9Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$62,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,880 – $75,73050
10Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$62,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,410 – $104,02060
11Carpenters$61,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,010 – $101,1201,180
12Glaziers$60,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,660 – $104,88060
13Roofers$59,990
No formal educational credential
$46,680 – $79,600230
14Construction Laborers$52,760
No formal educational credential
$40,470 – $76,450780
15Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters$52,360
No formal educational credential
$42,210 – $67,15040
16Tile and Stone Setters$49,580
No formal educational credential
$32,740 – $76,59060
17Painters, Construction and Maintenance$48,460
No formal educational credential
$38,750 – $62,260420

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

#	Occupation	MedianBend, OR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$99,200	$57,920 – $123,270	610
2	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,330	$59,370 – $113,030	240
3	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,650	$50,530 – $101,190	80
4	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,520	$59,970 – $106,010	580
5	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$65,790	$48,600 – $93,030	220
6	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,420	$43,680 – $70,320	130
7	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$63,970	$33,680 – $114,670	100
8	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,300	$48,070 – $106,500	150
9	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,840	$43,880 – $75,730	50
10	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,180	$60,410 – $104,020	60
11	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,640	$33,010 – $101,120	1,180
12	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,390	$46,660 – $104,880	60
13	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$59,990	$46,680 – $79,600	230
14	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$52,760	$40,470 – $76,450	780
15	Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble SettersNo formal educational credential	$52,360	$42,210 – $67,150	40
16	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$49,580	$32,740 – $76,590	60
17	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$48,460	$38,750 – $62,260	420

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