High paying construction jobs in Puerto Rico with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Puerto Rico 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.

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

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OccupationMedian, Puerto Rico · Employed

1Electricians$37,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,840 – $58,8701,740
2Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$31,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,530 – $47,630940
3Carpenters$30,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,310 – $36,5603,180
4Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$29,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,420 – $42,9702,400
5Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$29,000
No formal educational credential
$22,360 – $37,000480
6Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$28,420
No formal educational credential
$22,010 – $48,930320
7Solar Photovoltaic Installers$26,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,210 – $31,5601,890
8Helpers--Electricians$26,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,070 – $35,0601,630
9Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$25,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,150 – $35,340460
10Helpers--Carpenters$24,530
No formal educational credential
$22,240 – $34,1801,410
11Construction Laborers$24,270
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $33,2209,820
12Roofers$24,100
No formal educational credential
$23,010 – $30,850550
13Painters, Construction and Maintenance$24,070
No formal educational credential
$22,160 – $36,160600
14Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other$22,910
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $27,740740
15Highway Maintenance Workers$21,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $48,3002,730

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

#	Occupation	MedianPuerto Rico	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,440	$27,840 – $58,870	1,740
2	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,620	$24,530 – $47,630	940
3	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,530	$26,310 – $36,560	3,180
4	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,810	$22,420 – $42,970	2,400
5	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$29,000	$22,360 – $37,000	480
6	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$28,420	$22,010 – $48,930	320
7	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,860	$23,210 – $31,560	1,890
8	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,370	$23,070 – $35,060	1,630
9	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$25,560	$22,150 – $35,340	460
10	Helpers--CarpentersNo formal educational credential	$24,530	$22,240 – $34,180	1,410
11	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$24,270	$21,840 – $33,220	9,820
12	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$24,100	$23,010 – $30,850	550
13	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$24,070	$22,160 – $36,160	600
14	Helpers, Construction Trades, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$22,910	$21,840 – $27,740	740
15	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$21,840	$21,840 – $48,300	2,730

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