High paying construction jobs in College Station-Bryan, TX with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in College Station-Bryan, TX 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 College Station-Bryan, TX run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a College Station-Bryan, TX salary is worth about 1.10× 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, College Station-Bryan, TX · Employed

1Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$49,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,760 – $76,380400
2Electricians$48,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,740 – $74,170500
3Brickmasons and Blockmasons$48,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,970 – $59,30050
4Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$47,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,630 – $75,390590
5Carpenters$46,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,870 – $62,370170
6Helpers--Electricians$45,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,090 – $57,54080
7Structural Iron and Steel Workers$44,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,810 – $73,13040
8Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$43,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,240 – $55,68060
9Painters, Construction and Maintenance$43,420
No formal educational credential
$30,030 – $56,25090
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$43,290
No formal educational credential
$34,850 – $49,840260
11Pipelayers$41,820
No formal educational credential
$34,520 – $48,03070
12Highway Maintenance Workers$39,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,540 – $46,16050
13Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$38,220
No formal educational credential
$33,770 – $51,540200
14Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$37,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,230 – $54,75070
15Construction Laborers$37,200
No formal educational credential
$30,340 – $47,640770

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

#	Occupation	MedianCollege Station-Bryan, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,780	$35,760 – $76,380	400
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,410	$34,740 – $74,170	500
3	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,250	$36,970 – $59,300	50
4	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,980	$38,630 – $75,390	590
5	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,970	$36,870 – $62,370	170
6	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,440	$33,090 – $57,540	80
7	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,760	$36,810 – $73,130	40
8	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,450	$34,240 – $55,680	60
9	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$43,420	$30,030 – $56,250	90
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$43,290	$34,850 – $49,840	260
11	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$41,820	$34,520 – $48,030	70
12	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,820	$28,540 – $46,160	50
13	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$38,220	$33,770 – $51,540	200
14	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,770	$32,230 – $54,750	70
15	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$37,200	$30,340 – $47,640	770

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in College Station-Bryan, TX. 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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