High paying construction jobs in Missouri with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Missouri 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 Missouri run 9.2% below the national average (2024), so a Missouri salary is worth about 1.10× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Missouri.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Missouri · Employed

1Structural Iron and Steel Workers$77,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,650 – $89,3501,320
2Brickmasons and Blockmasons$72,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,610 – $85,6301,940
3Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$69,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,410 – $98,5601,560
4Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$66,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,780 – $117,1808,310
5Electricians$65,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,860 – $104,06012,780
6Sheet Metal Workers$63,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,090 – $110,5802,640
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$61,390
No formal educational credential
$42,280 – $87,0106,220
8Carpenters$60,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,700 – $96,31014,410
9Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$60,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,290 – $94,13010,470
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$57,510
No formal educational credential
$39,150 – $79,6003,980
11Construction Laborers$56,730
No formal educational credential
$37,870 – $83,47017,050
12Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners$51,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,640 – $63,7701,160
13Roofers$48,570
No formal educational credential
$38,470 – $78,7102,050
14Highway Maintenance Workers$47,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,970 – $61,4405,470

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

#	Occupation	MedianMissouri	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,410	$48,650 – $89,350	1,320
2	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,370	$47,610 – $85,630	1,940
3	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,400	$42,410 – $98,560	1,560
4	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,790	$44,780 – $117,180	8,310
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,410	$43,860 – $104,060	12,780
6	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,560	$38,090 – $110,580	2,640
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$61,390	$42,280 – $87,010	6,220
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,840	$38,700 – $96,310	14,410
9	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,540	$43,290 – $94,130	10,470
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$57,510	$39,150 – $79,600	3,980
11	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$56,730	$37,870 – $83,470	17,050
12	Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe CleanersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,560	$39,640 – $63,770	1,160
13	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$48,570	$38,470 – $78,710	2,050
14	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,470	$37,970 – $61,440	5,470

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