High paying construction jobs in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA run 6.7% above the national average (2024), so a Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA salary is worth about 0.94× 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, Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA · Employed

1Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$91,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,910 – $131,2602,920
2Structural Iron and Steel Workers$77,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,040 – $111,630450
3Electricians$74,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,230 – $130,0206,340
4Sheet Metal Workers$74,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,640 – $129,820580
5Carpenters$74,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,640 – $114,7609,730
6Brickmasons and Blockmasons$73,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,470 – $101,770340
7Tapers$68,270
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $108,470370
8Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$65,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,620 – $131,1003,120
9Highway Maintenance Workers$63,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,520 – $81,500490
10Glaziers$63,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,090 – $121,620520
11Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$63,540
No formal educational credential
$47,010 – $113,9502,500
12Roofers$63,320
No formal educational credential
$49,110 – $88,8401,800
13Plasterers and Stucco Masons$62,600
No formal educational credential
$46,480 – $90,440460
14Construction Laborers$60,560
No formal educational credential
$40,240 – $91,5307,390
15Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$60,240
No formal educational credential
$46,770 – $99,2802,580
16Solar Photovoltaic Installers$59,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,440 – $80,540700
17Painters, Construction and Maintenance$59,510
No formal educational credential
$42,110 – $93,5502,410
18Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters$57,400
No formal educational credential
$40,380 – $79,420340
19Tile and Stone Setters$56,250
No formal educational credential
$38,010 – $90,570790
20Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$50,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,790 – $79,320450
21Fence Erectors$48,820
No formal educational credential
$40,870 – $78,790340

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

#	Occupation	MedianSacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,650	$57,910 – $131,260	2,920
2	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,760	$52,040 – $111,630	450
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,830	$46,230 – $130,020	6,340
4	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,820	$47,640 – $129,820	580
5	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,440	$45,640 – $114,760	9,730
6	Brickmasons and BlockmasonsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,810	$49,470 – $101,770	340
7	TapersNo formal educational credential	$68,270	$34,320 – $108,470	370
8	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,210	$46,620 – $131,100	3,120
9	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,880	$43,520 – $81,500	490
10	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,580	$48,090 – $121,620	520
11	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$63,540	$47,010 – $113,950	2,500
12	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$63,320	$49,110 – $88,840	1,800
13	Plasterers and Stucco MasonsNo formal educational credential	$62,600	$46,480 – $90,440	460
14	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$60,560	$40,240 – $91,530	7,390
15	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$60,240	$46,770 – $99,280	2,580
16	Solar Photovoltaic InstallersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,930	$43,440 – $80,540	700
17	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$59,510	$42,110 – $93,550	2,410
18	Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble SettersNo formal educational credential	$57,400	$40,380 – $79,420	340
19	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$56,250	$38,010 – $90,570	790
20	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,490	$40,790 – $79,320	450
21	Fence ErectorsNo formal educational credential	$48,820	$40,870 – $78,790	340

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA. 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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