High paying construction jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 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 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT run 2.7% above the national average (2024), so a Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 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, Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT · Employed

1Brickmasons and Blockmasons$87,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,180 – $87,550270
2Electricians$77,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,220 – $99,6102,870
3Sheet Metal Workers$77,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,970 – $93,640490
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$77,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,260 – $102,1801,850
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$76,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,450 – $106,490990
6Glaziers$70,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,180 – $92,300280
7Highway Maintenance Workers$66,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,710 – $79,360810
8Roofers$65,710
No formal educational credential
$47,730 – $94,400350
9Carpenters$64,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,940 – $98,9801,660
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$58,520
No formal educational credential
$38,480 – $120,820630
11Construction Laborers$56,280
No formal educational credential
$42,160 – $74,8402,430
12Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$47,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,880 – $60,970260

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

#	Occupation	MedianHartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$87,520	$55,180 – $87,550	270
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,680	$46,220 – $99,610	2,870
3	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,420	$48,970 – $93,640	490
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,190	$43,260 – $102,180	1,850
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,740	$59,450 – $106,490	990
6	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,430	$46,180 – $92,300	280
7	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,310	$57,710 – $79,360	810
8	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$65,710	$47,730 – $94,400	350
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,770	$48,940 – $98,980	1,660
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$58,520	$38,480 – $120,820	630
11	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$56,280	$42,160 – $74,840	2,430
12	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,740	$39,880 – $60,970	260

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. 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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