High paying construction jobs in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA run 3.7% above the national average (2024), so a Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA salary is worth about 0.96× 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, Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA · Employed

1Structural Iron and Steel Workers$111,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$79,810 – $122,18040
2Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$103,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,680 – $123,280260
3Sheet Metal Workers$100,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,690 – $139,930100
4Electricians$96,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,210 – $129,540530
5Glaziers$91,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,210 – $130,63070
6Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$80,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,400 – $131,510310
7Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$76,610
No formal educational credential
$46,000 – $128,00040
8Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$75,850
No formal educational credential
$47,830 – $119,010120
9Highway Maintenance Workers$71,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,390 – $78,15080
10Carpenters$63,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,170 – $100,290800
11Painters, Construction and Maintenance$60,410
No formal educational credential
$45,870 – $84,060230
12Roofers$57,920
No formal educational credential
$42,670 – $94,640260
13Construction Laborers$53,090
No formal educational credential
$39,620 – $90,010730
14Fence Erectors$49,350
No formal educational credential
$43,610 – $63,32060
15Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$48,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,660 – $73,16070

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

#	Occupation	MedianOlympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$111,500	$79,810 – $122,180	40
2	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,060	$53,680 – $123,280	260
3	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$100,650	$62,690 – $139,930	100
4	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,600	$49,210 – $129,540	530
5	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,870	$46,210 – $130,630	70
6	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,030	$47,400 – $131,510	310
7	Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and WallNo formal educational credential	$76,610	$46,000 – $128,000	40
8	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$75,850	$47,830 – $119,010	120
9	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,140	$61,390 – $78,150	80
10	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,260	$51,170 – $100,290	800
11	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$60,410	$45,870 – $84,060	230
12	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$57,920	$42,670 – $94,640	260
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$53,090	$39,620 – $90,010	730
14	Fence ErectorsNo formal educational credential	$49,350	$43,610 – $63,320	60
15	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,460	$37,660 – $73,160	70

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA. 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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