High paying construction jobs in Jefferson City, MO with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Jefferson City, MO 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 Jefferson City, MO run 12.0% below the national average (2024), so a Jefferson City, MO salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Jefferson City, MO · Employed

1Sheet Metal Workers$79,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,580 – $105,350310
2Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$71,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,310 – $89,860410
3Electricians$67,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,990 – $97,380480
4Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$60,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,890 – $89,100150
5Roofers$59,820
No formal educational credential
$38,810 – $83,090130
6Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$58,380
No formal educational credential
$42,410 – $78,690180
7Construction Laborers$58,220
No formal educational credential
$36,830 – $99,420580
8Brickmasons and Blockmasons$58,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,370 – $80,53050
9Carpenters$57,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,940 – $87,370430
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$54,110
No formal educational credential
$37,400 – $73,73060
11Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$49,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,850 – $101,210290
12Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$47,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,970 – $54,81070
13Highway Maintenance Workers$47,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,960 – $70,250200

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

#	Occupation	MedianJefferson City, MO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,500	$40,580 – $105,350	310
2	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,140	$45,310 – $89,860	410
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,630	$38,990 – $97,380	480
4	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,850	$44,890 – $89,100	150
5	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$59,820	$38,810 – $83,090	130
6	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$58,380	$42,410 – $78,690	180
7	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$58,220	$36,830 – $99,420	580
8	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,120	$39,370 – $80,530	50
9	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,030	$38,940 – $87,370	430
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$54,110	$37,400 – $73,730	60
11	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,560	$42,850 – $101,210	290
12	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,860	$43,970 – $54,810	70
13	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,510	$40,960 – $70,250	200

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Jefferson City, MO. 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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