High paying construction jobs in Missoula, MT with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Missoula, MT 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 Missoula, MT run 3.6% below the national average (2024), so a Missoula, MT salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Missoula, MT · Employed

1Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$79,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,150 – $98,390290
2Electricians$79,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,240 – $81,150280
3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$64,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,040 – $79,210310
4Roofers$62,310
No formal educational credential
$42,870 – $69,90060
5Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$61,550
No formal educational credential
$48,790 – $72,370100
6Sheet Metal Workers$61,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,130 – $84,220120
7Highway Maintenance Workers$61,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,510 – $74,840110
8Carpenters$57,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,540 – $69,320400
9Painters, Construction and Maintenance$57,060
No formal educational credential
$35,150 – $62,15090
10Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$51,310
No formal educational credential
$39,700 – $78,28050
11Glaziers$50,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,530 – $70,40070
12Construction Laborers$49,930
No formal educational credential
$37,500 – $60,740510

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

#	Occupation	MedianMissoula, MT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,750	$48,150 – $98,390	290
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,250	$49,240 – $81,150	280
3	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,050	$47,040 – $79,210	310
4	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$62,310	$42,870 – $69,900	60
5	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$61,550	$48,790 – $72,370	100
6	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,420	$45,130 – $84,220	120
7	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,230	$60,510 – $74,840	110
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,160	$40,540 – $69,320	400
9	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$57,060	$35,150 – $62,150	90
10	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$51,310	$39,700 – $78,280	50
11	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,290	$40,530 – $70,400	70
12	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$49,930	$37,500 – $60,740	510

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