High paying construction jobs in Texarkana, TX-AR with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Texarkana, TX-AR 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 Texarkana, TX-AR run 16.0% below the national average (2024), so a Texarkana, TX-AR salary is worth about 1.19× 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, Texarkana, TX-AR · Employed

1Electricians$58,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,870 – $72,990390
2Sheet Metal Workers$49,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,890 – $68,08050
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$48,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,130 – $75,610150
4Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,300
No formal educational credential
$33,210 – $64,030130
5Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$46,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,010 – $61,060280
6Carpenters$42,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,970 – $63,38090
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$40,710
No formal educational credential
$35,110 – $54,320120
8Highway Maintenance Workers$39,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,960 – $46,74060
9Construction Laborers$36,360
No formal educational credential
$27,850 – $47,370450

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

#	Occupation	MedianTexarkana, TX-AR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,140	$34,870 – $72,990	390
2	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,090	$29,890 – $68,080	50
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,480	$34,130 – $75,610	150
4	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,300	$33,210 – $64,030	130
5	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,800	$38,010 – $61,060	280
6	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,650	$29,970 – $63,380	90
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$40,710	$35,110 – $54,320	120
8	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,250	$30,960 – $46,740	60
9	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$36,360	$27,850 – $47,370	450

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Texarkana, TX-AR. 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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