High paying construction jobs in Waco, TX with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Waco, TX 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 Waco, TX run 7.5% below the national average (2024), so a Waco, TX salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Waco, TX · Employed

1Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$57,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,530 – $76,030490
2Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$49,160
No formal educational credential
$39,120 – $52,710130
3Highway Maintenance Workers$49,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $61,040100
4Roofers$49,000
No formal educational credential
$36,310 – $61,410200
5Electricians$48,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,910 – $80,900650
6Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles$48,630
No formal educational credential
$35,420 – $70,05070
7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$47,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,770 – $62,120470
8Carpenters$47,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,670 – $62,580420
9Structural Iron and Steel Workers$45,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,900 – $66,04050
10Painters, Construction and Maintenance$45,560
No formal educational credential
$35,520 – $59,330230
11Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$45,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,900 – $51,67070
12Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$44,430
No formal educational credential
$34,560 – $70,050260
13Helpers--Electricians$42,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,480 – $51,48050
14Helpers--Carpenters$41,010
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $41,01040
15Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$40,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $46,80050
16Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$39,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,770 – $51,40070
17Construction Laborers$37,610
No formal educational credential
$29,490 – $49,0601,220

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

#	Occupation	MedianWaco, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,550	$37,530 – $76,030	490
2	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$49,160	$39,120 – $52,710	130
3	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,090	$35,880 – $61,040	100
4	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$49,000	$36,310 – $61,410	200
5	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,880	$36,910 – $80,900	650
6	Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard TilesNo formal educational credential	$48,630	$35,420 – $70,050	70
7	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,730	$37,770 – $62,120	470
8	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,340	$34,670 – $62,580	420
9	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,590	$34,900 – $66,040	50
10	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$45,560	$35,520 – $59,330	230
11	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,230	$39,900 – $51,670	70
12	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$44,430	$34,560 – $70,050	260
13	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,120	$33,480 – $51,480	50
14	Helpers--CarpentersNo formal educational credential	$41,010	$31,200 – $41,010	40
15	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,130	$37,440 – $46,800	50
16	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,710	$33,770 – $51,400	70
17	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$37,610	$29,490 – $49,060	1,220

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