High paying construction jobs in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY run 9.4% above the national average (2024), so a Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY salary is worth about 0.91× 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, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY · Employed

1Structural Iron and Steel Workers$97,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,000 – $124,150150
2Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$72,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,000 – $121,460590
3Electricians$70,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,020 – $101,1401,010
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$64,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,890 – $117,880780
5Roofers$63,750
No formal educational credential
$47,570 – $78,500140
6Carpenters$63,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,990 – $88,8402,140
7Sheet Metal Workers$63,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,940 – $112,620170
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$61,990
No formal educational credential
$48,400 – $124,530320
9Glaziers$61,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,220 – $77,69090
10Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$60,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,790 – $75,430100
11Highway Maintenance Workers$60,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,380 – $77,120720
12Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$57,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,560 – $86,370140
13Construction Laborers$53,940
No formal educational credential
$37,590 – $90,3201,640
14Painters, Construction and Maintenance$50,420
No formal educational credential
$39,660 – $78,500310
15Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$45,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,140 – $63,220120

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

#	Occupation	MedianKiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,150	$65,000 – $124,150	150
2	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,240	$57,000 – $121,460	590
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,100	$45,020 – $101,140	1,010
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,990	$37,890 – $117,880	780
5	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$63,750	$47,570 – $78,500	140
6	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,540	$46,990 – $88,840	2,140
7	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,160	$37,940 – $112,620	170
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$61,990	$48,400 – $124,530	320
9	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,190	$47,220 – $77,690	90
10	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,630	$45,790 – $75,430	100
11	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,100	$47,380 – $77,120	720
12	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,140	$40,560 – $86,370	140
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$53,940	$37,590 – $90,320	1,640
14	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$50,420	$39,660 – $78,500	310
15	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,930	$34,140 – $63,220	120

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY. 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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