High paying construction jobs in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC 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 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC run 6.7% below the national average (2024), so a Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC · Employed

1Electricians$60,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,910 – $77,8401,670
2Structural Iron and Steel Workers$53,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $67,610150
3Insulation Workers, Mechanical$51,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,040 – $77,330150
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$50,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,690 – $79,890960
5Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$50,510
No formal educational credential
$37,240 – $78,370470
6Carpenters$50,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,460 – $76,1101,340
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$48,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,790 – $63,5601,130
8Highway Maintenance Workers$47,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,740 – $60,270270
9Roofers$46,530
No formal educational credential
$36,070 – $69,140170
10Sheet Metal Workers$46,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,950 – $72,790560
11Construction Laborers$44,380
No formal educational credential
$33,280 – $64,2303,250
12Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$38,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,930 – $46,600250
13Painters, Construction and Maintenance$38,660
No formal educational credential
$29,000 – $56,270410
14Helpers--Electricians$38,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,930 – $48,400450

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

#	Occupation	MedianGreenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,210	$45,910 – $77,840	1,670
2	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,450	$37,840 – $67,610	150
3	Insulation Workers, MechanicalHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,080	$45,040 – $77,330	150
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,890	$36,690 – $79,890	960
5	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$50,510	$37,240 – $78,370	470
6	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,090	$35,460 – $76,110	1,340
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,980	$38,790 – $63,560	1,130
8	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,330	$37,740 – $60,270	270
9	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$46,530	$36,070 – $69,140	170
10	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,060	$37,950 – $72,790	560
11	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$44,380	$33,280 – $64,230	3,250
12	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,710	$30,930 – $46,600	250
13	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$38,660	$29,000 – $56,270	410
14	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,380	$31,930 – $48,400	450

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC. 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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