High paying construction jobs in Kenosha, WI with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Kenosha, 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 Kenosha, WI run 1.1% above the national average (2024), so a Kenosha, WI salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Kenosha, WI · Employed

1Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$77,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,440 – $112,750150
2Electricians$74,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,650 – $98,240120
3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$73,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,790 – $97,360120
4Highway Maintenance Workers$63,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,700 – $66,180100
5Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$62,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,520 – $78,26050
6Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$60,630
No formal educational credential
$50,120 – $91,43070
7Carpenters$60,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,820 – $84,950310
8Construction Laborers$50,040
No formal educational credential
$37,520 – $77,770340
9Painters, Construction and Maintenance$48,820
No formal educational credential
$38,510 – $73,830100

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

#	Occupation	MedianKenosha, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,340	$51,440 – $112,750	150
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,970	$39,650 – $98,240	120
3	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,190	$58,790 – $97,360	120
4	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,710	$52,700 – $66,180	100
5	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,410	$49,520 – $78,260	50
6	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$60,630	$50,120 – $91,430	70
7	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,120	$43,820 – $84,950	310
8	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$50,040	$37,520 – $77,770	340
9	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$48,820	$38,510 – $73,830	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kenosha, 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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