High paying construction jobs in Nevada with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Nevada 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 Nevada run 0.0% below the national average (2024), so a Nevada salary is worth about 1.00× 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 Nevada.

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

Find construction jobs in Nevada

OccupationMedian, Nevada · Employed

1Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers$141,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$102,920 – $174,710510
2Continuous Mining Machine Operators$85,590
No formal educational credential
$69,680 – $91,2101,110
3Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining$82,920
No formal educational credential
$68,060 – $91,880880
4Electricians$73,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,110 – $121,2008,350
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$71,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,050 – $111,2105,410
6Carpet Installers$67,040
No formal educational credential
$39,350 – $83,510710
7Structural Iron and Steel Workers$62,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,560 – $103,7701,400
8Carpenters$62,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,670 – $102,36012,700
9Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$61,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,210 – $118,4305,370
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$61,230
No formal educational credential
$45,650 – $90,0203,290
11Tile and Stone Setters$61,200
No formal educational credential
$44,030 – $117,6901,450
12Tapers$60,690
No formal educational credential
$43,840 – $101,0901,190
13Brickmasons and Blockmasons$60,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,580 – $77,150810
14Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles$58,540
No formal educational credential
$37,440 – $95,140560
15Painters, Construction and Maintenance$56,390
No formal educational credential
$41,430 – $98,1904,120
16Plasterers and Stucco Masons$53,610
No formal educational credential
$41,060 – $102,5701,150
17Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$52,280
No formal educational credential
$41,430 – $101,7802,980
18Roofers$51,090
No formal educational credential
$37,960 – $79,6802,120
19Glaziers$49,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,170 – $74,810730
20Highway Maintenance Workers$49,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,070 – $74,410990
21Construction Laborers$48,990
No formal educational credential
$36,400 – $76,66011,890
22Sheet Metal Workers$46,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,120 – $121,7301,270
23Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$46,510
No formal educational credential
$37,390 – $76,030660
24Helpers--Carpenters$36,230
No formal educational credential
$26,800 – $47,440540

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

#	Occupation	MedianNevada	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Elevator and Escalator Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$141,950	$102,920 – $174,710	510
2	Continuous Mining Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$85,590	$69,680 – $91,210	1,110
3	Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground MiningNo formal educational credential	$82,920	$68,060 – $91,880	880
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,570	$46,110 – $121,200	8,350
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,410	$51,050 – $111,210	5,410
6	Carpet InstallersNo formal educational credential	$67,040	$39,350 – $83,510	710
7	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,510	$46,560 – $103,770	1,400
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,380	$41,670 – $102,360	12,700
9	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,610	$42,210 – $118,430	5,370
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$61,230	$45,650 – $90,020	3,290
11	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$61,200	$44,030 – $117,690	1,450
12	TapersNo formal educational credential	$60,690	$43,840 – $101,090	1,190
13	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,670	$46,580 – $77,150	810
14	Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard TilesNo formal educational credential	$58,540	$37,440 – $95,140	560
15	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$56,390	$41,430 – $98,190	4,120
16	Plasterers and Stucco MasonsNo formal educational credential	$53,610	$41,060 – $102,570	1,150
17	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$52,280	$41,430 – $101,780	2,980
18	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$51,090	$37,960 – $79,680	2,120
19	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,490	$44,170 – $74,810	730
20	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,320	$36,070 – $74,410	990
21	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$48,990	$36,400 – $76,660	11,890
22	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,730	$38,120 – $121,730	1,270
23	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$46,510	$37,390 – $76,030	660
24	Helpers--CarpentersNo formal educational credential	$36,230	$26,800 – $47,440	540

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

More for Nevada

Metro areas in Nevada

Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

By field in Nevada

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Nevada to rank honestly.

High paying construction jobs in Nevada with no experience

More for Nevada

Metro areas in Nevada

By field in Nevada

Without a degree

High paying construction jobs in each state with no experience