High paying construction jobs in South Carolina with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in South Carolina 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 South Carolina run 6.3% below the national average (2024), so a South Carolina salary is worth about 1.07× 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 South Carolina.

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

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OccupationMedian, South Carolina · Employed

1Electricians$58,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,330 – $77,8008,010
2Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$53,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,660 – $75,7805,770
3Carpenters$50,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,010 – $79,0406,950
4Glaziers$50,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,990 – $68,530740
5Sheet Metal Workers$49,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,090 – $76,3001,710
6Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$49,360
No formal educational credential
$36,760 – $76,7301,930
7Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$49,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $102,770870
8Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$48,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,720 – $64,3308,160
9Highway Maintenance Workers$48,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,740 – $60,7802,290
10Roofers$45,760
No formal educational credential
$36,030 – $61,860850
11Construction Laborers$42,940
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $63,37019,620
12Painters, Construction and Maintenance$40,840
No formal educational credential
$27,240 – $57,5202,080
13Helpers--Electricians$39,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,690 – $49,2602,000
14Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$39,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,060 – $47,6901,090

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

#	Occupation	MedianSouth Carolina	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,740	$44,330 – $77,800	8,010
2	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,940	$37,660 – $75,780	5,770
3	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,670	$36,010 – $79,040	6,950
4	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,650	$36,990 – $68,530	740
5	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,920	$37,090 – $76,300	1,710
6	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$49,360	$36,760 – $76,730	1,930
7	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,170	$37,840 – $102,770	870
8	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,940	$38,720 – $64,330	8,160
9	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,130	$37,740 – $60,780	2,290
10	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$45,760	$36,030 – $61,860	850
11	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$42,940	$31,200 – $63,370	19,620
12	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$40,840	$27,240 – $57,520	2,080
13	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,460	$29,690 – $49,260	2,000
14	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,450	$31,060 – $47,690	1,090

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