High paying construction jobs in Lynchburg, VA with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Lynchburg, VA 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 Lynchburg, VA run 10.6% below the national average (2024), so a Lynchburg, VA salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Lynchburg, VA · Employed

1Electricians$58,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,830 – $84,710380
2Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$57,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,130 – $72,920330
3Structural Iron and Steel Workers$56,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,130 – $61,61070
4Brickmasons and Blockmasons$52,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,780 – $58,170110
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$50,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $72,890230
6Highway Maintenance Workers$48,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,140 – $57,290170
7Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$48,610
No formal educational credential
$32,000 – $55,84050
8Carpenters$48,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,700 – $63,410480
9Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$47,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,760 – $56,63040
10Sheet Metal Workers$47,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,040 – $64,220140
11Roofers$46,160
No formal educational credential
$37,960 – $49,99070
12Pipelayers$44,580
No formal educational credential
$37,390 – $59,90030
13Helpers--Carpenters$40,110
No formal educational credential
$29,770 – $53,49040
14Helpers--Electricians$39,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,050 – $58,78060
15Painters, Construction and Maintenance$38,990
No formal educational credential
$32,540 – $53,440110
16Construction Laborers$38,400
No formal educational credential
$31,660 – $47,530600
17Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$38,230
No formal educational credential
$35,930 – $50,80050
18Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$36,840
No formal educational credential
$34,200 – $65,990100
19Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$36,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,790 – $44,36040

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

#	Occupation	MedianLynchburg, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,750	$35,830 – $84,710	380
2	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,210	$39,130 – $72,920	330
3	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,440	$43,130 – $61,610	70
4	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,270	$37,780 – $58,170	110
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,100	$36,960 – $72,890	230
6	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,680	$46,140 – $57,290	170
7	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$48,610	$32,000 – $55,840	50
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,270	$36,700 – $63,410	480
9	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,780	$36,760 – $56,630	40
10	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,090	$36,040 – $64,220	140
11	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$46,160	$37,960 – $49,990	70
12	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$44,580	$37,390 – $59,900	30
13	Helpers--CarpentersNo formal educational credential	$40,110	$29,770 – $53,490	40
14	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,640	$31,050 – $58,780	60
15	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$38,990	$32,540 – $53,440	110
16	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$38,400	$31,660 – $47,530	600
17	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$38,230	$35,930 – $50,800	50
18	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$36,840	$34,200 – $65,990	100
19	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,380	$33,790 – $44,360	40

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