High paying construction jobs in Sumter, SC with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Sumter, SC 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 Sumter, SC run 12.0% below the national average (2024), so a Sumter, SC salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Sumter, SC · Employed

1Electricians$56,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,680 – $69,61090
2Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$50,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,950 – $69,64080
3Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$50,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,440 – $57,790220
4Highway Maintenance Workers$48,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,710 – $60,78040
5Carpenters$45,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,500 – $70,40070
6Helpers--Electricians$38,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,700 – $48,54030
7Construction Laborers$38,650
No formal educational credential
$29,510 – $57,680390
8Painters, Construction and Maintenance$38,400
No formal educational credential
$30,160 – $52,94090
9Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$36,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,610 – $46,78050

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

#	Occupation	MedianSumter, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,200	$43,680 – $69,610	90
2	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,840	$36,950 – $69,640	80
3	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,340	$40,440 – $57,790	220
4	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,950	$42,710 – $60,780	40
5	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,700	$34,500 – $70,400	70
6	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,930	$30,700 – $48,540	30
7	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$38,650	$29,510 – $57,680	390
8	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$38,400	$30,160 – $52,940	90
9	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,450	$29,610 – $46,780	50

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