High paying construction jobs in Janesville-Beloit, WI with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Janesville-Beloit, WI 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 Janesville-Beloit, WI run 6.3% below the national average (2024), so a Janesville-Beloit, WI 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, Janesville-Beloit, WI · Employed

1Electricians$82,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,250 – $103,080560
2Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$79,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,700 – $108,020140
3Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$77,990
No formal educational credential
$56,170 – $102,500100
4Carpenters$75,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,990 – $98,850360
5Sheet Metal Workers$70,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,000 – $93,56030
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$66,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,350 – $96,760240
7Roofers$63,310
No formal educational credential
$48,120 – $80,19070
8Highway Maintenance Workers$58,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,030 – $60,060110
9Construction Laborers$55,690
No formal educational credential
$37,030 – $79,890480
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$52,070
No formal educational credential
$28,590 – $77,44050
11Helpers--Electricians$48,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,000 – $59,790100

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

#	Occupation	MedianJanesville-Beloit, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,170	$45,250 – $103,080	560
2	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,070	$47,700 – $108,020	140
3	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$77,990	$56,170 – $102,500	100
4	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,390	$39,990 – $98,850	360
5	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,130	$40,000 – $93,560	30
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,320	$50,350 – $96,760	240
7	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$63,310	$48,120 – $80,190	70
8	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,280	$46,030 – $60,060	110
9	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$55,690	$37,030 – $79,890	480
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$52,070	$28,590 – $77,440	50
11	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,110	$36,000 – $59,790	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Janesville-Beloit, WI. 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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