High paying construction jobs in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL run 2.3% above the national average (2024), so a Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL · Employed

1Electricians$57,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,230 – $75,5102,140
2Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$51,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,670 – $67,5901,950
3Sheet Metal Workers$51,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,120 – $64,720550
4Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$49,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $63,3001,160
5Carpenters$49,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,520 – $70,7002,640
6Brickmasons and Blockmasons$48,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $65,010250
7Glaziers$48,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,720 – $72,470390
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$48,350
No formal educational credential
$38,510 – $62,440960
9Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$47,070
No formal educational credential
$32,920 – $61,520800
10Roofers$46,890
No formal educational credential
$31,980 – $63,5601,900
11Painters, Construction and Maintenance$46,840
No formal educational credential
$37,310 – $60,0901,520
12Tile and Stone Setters$46,660
No formal educational credential
$28,500 – $72,670240
13Pipelayers$46,630
No formal educational credential
$38,200 – $59,150210
14Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$45,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $55,830140
15Construction Laborers$43,290
No formal educational credential
$34,890 – $57,5205,230
16Helpers--Roofers$39,620
No formal educational credential
$27,040 – $49,600140
17Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other$39,500
No formal educational credential
$33,990 – $48,900220
18Helpers--Electricians$39,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,160 – $49,550290
19Helpers--Carpenters$39,090
No formal educational credential
$35,360 – $50,640210
20Plasterers and Stucco Masons$37,130
No formal educational credential
$32,920 – $62,770400
21Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$36,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,800 – $49,850200

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

#	Occupation	MedianCape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,930	$38,230 – $75,510	2,140
2	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,690	$36,670 – $67,590	1,950
3	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,180	$37,120 – $64,720	550
4	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,330	$39,520 – $63,300	1,160
5	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,210	$36,520 – $70,700	2,640
6	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,800	$37,440 – $65,010	250
7	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,780	$36,720 – $72,470	390
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$48,350	$38,510 – $62,440	960
9	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$47,070	$32,920 – $61,520	800
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$46,890	$31,980 – $63,560	1,900
11	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$46,840	$37,310 – $60,090	1,520
12	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$46,660	$28,500 – $72,670	240
13	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$46,630	$38,200 – $59,150	210
14	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,950	$38,340 – $55,830	140
15	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$43,290	$34,890 – $57,520	5,230
16	Helpers--RoofersNo formal educational credential	$39,620	$27,040 – $49,600	140
17	Helpers, Construction Trades, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$39,500	$33,990 – $48,900	220
18	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,480	$36,160 – $49,550	290
19	Helpers--CarpentersNo formal educational credential	$39,090	$35,360 – $50,640	210
20	Plasterers and Stucco MasonsNo formal educational credential	$37,130	$32,920 – $62,770	400
21	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,760	$28,800 – $49,850	200

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL. 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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