High paying construction jobs in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH run 11.6% below the national average (2024), so a Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH salary is worth about 1.13× 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

Find construction jobs in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

OccupationMedian, Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH · Employed

1Sheet Metal Workers$73,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,250 – $74,690130
2Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$64,700
No formal educational credential
$47,530 – $83,66060
3Electricians$63,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,900 – $96,600870
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$62,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,010 – $86,840460
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$57,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,770 – $93,9001,040
6Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$56,220
No formal educational credential
$37,620 – $65,450110
7Pipelayers$53,880
No formal educational credential
$36,350 – $79,72050
8Carpenters$52,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,850 – $70,510780
9Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$50,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,870 – $77,92050
10Roofers$48,960
No formal educational credential
$35,510 – $67,040110
11Brickmasons and Blockmasons$46,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,630 – $69,84050
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$46,010
No formal educational credential
$32,170 – $63,760180
13Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$45,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,770 – $48,28050
14Highway Maintenance Workers$45,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,400 – $53,910210
15Construction Laborers$45,170
No formal educational credential
$30,690 – $66,9901,580
16Helpers--Carpenters$33,590
No formal educational credential
$29,540 – $38,40060

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

#	Occupation	MedianHuntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,960	$37,250 – $74,690	130
2	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$64,700	$47,530 – $83,660	60
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,620	$37,900 – $96,600	870
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,160	$39,010 – $86,840	460
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,320	$37,770 – $93,900	1,040
6	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$56,220	$37,620 – $65,450	110
7	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$53,880	$36,350 – $79,720	50
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,000	$35,850 – $70,510	780
9	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,390	$41,870 – $77,920	50
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$48,960	$35,510 – $67,040	110
11	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,090	$36,630 – $69,840	50
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$46,010	$32,170 – $63,760	180
13	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,660	$33,770 – $48,280	50
14	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,530	$35,400 – $53,910	210
15	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$45,170	$30,690 – $66,990	1,580
16	Helpers--CarpentersNo formal educational credential	$33,590	$29,540 – $38,400	60

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH. 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.

More for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

Other metro areas in WV

By field in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH to rank honestly.

High paying construction jobs in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH with no experience

More for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

Other metro areas in WV

By field in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

Without a degree

High paying construction jobs in each state with no experience