High paying construction jobs in Erie, PA with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Erie, PA 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 Erie, PA run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Erie, PA 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, Erie, PA · Employed

1Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$66,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,670 – $97,300280
2Electricians$65,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,890 – $94,280420
3Sheet Metal Workers$65,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,700 – $94,29070
4Brickmasons and Blockmasons$58,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,090 – $83,65040
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$58,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,510 – $81,570280
6Carpenters$56,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,380 – $76,090530
7Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$56,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,900 – $62,59040
8Roofers$50,440
No formal educational credential
$39,760 – $62,940140
9Highway Maintenance Workers$48,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,690 – $68,830230
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,620
No formal educational credential
$33,760 – $59,180130
11Construction Laborers$46,480
No formal educational credential
$35,450 – $63,140540

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

#	Occupation	MedianErie, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,410	$42,670 – $97,300	280
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,820	$37,890 – $94,280	420
3	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,710	$37,700 – $94,290	70
4	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,740	$48,090 – $83,650	40
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,030	$49,510 – $81,570	280
6	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,850	$36,380 – $76,090	530
7	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,210	$40,900 – $62,590	40
8	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$50,440	$39,760 – $62,940	140
9	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,800	$36,690 – $68,830	230
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,620	$33,760 – $59,180	130
11	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$46,480	$35,450 – $63,140	540

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