High paying construction jobs in Winchester, VA-WV with no experience

The best paid construction occupations in Winchester, VA-WV 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 Winchester, VA-WV run 3.5% below the national average (2024), so a Winchester, VA-WV salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Winchester, VA-WV · Employed

1Structural Iron and Steel Workers$60,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,890 – $89,12030
2Electricians$58,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,760 – $81,670180
3Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$57,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,110 – $73,930160
4Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$50,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,020 – $62,460260
5Carpenters$50,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,300 – $74,720270
6Highway Maintenance Workers$49,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,980 – $55,62040
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$47,560
No formal educational credential
$37,050 – $63,250110
8Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$47,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,450 – $58,28040
9Roofers$45,690
No formal educational credential
$31,790 – $47,08040
10Sheet Metal Workers$44,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,090 – $60,45080
11Painters, Construction and Maintenance$43,600
No formal educational credential
$34,050 – $54,30060
12Helpers--Carpenters$43,490
No formal educational credential
$31,660 – $54,89030
13Construction Laborers$42,160
No formal educational credential
$34,780 – $51,790350
14Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$38,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,460 – $44,32050

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

#	Occupation	MedianWinchester, VA-WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Structural Iron and Steel WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,420	$47,890 – $89,120	30
2	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,960	$36,760 – $81,670	180
3	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,760	$40,110 – $73,930	160
4	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,790	$39,020 – $62,460	260
5	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,180	$38,300 – $74,720	270
6	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,990	$36,980 – $55,620	40
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$47,560	$37,050 – $63,250	110
8	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,530	$43,450 – $58,280	40
9	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$45,690	$31,790 – $47,080	40
10	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,910	$37,090 – $60,450	80
11	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$43,600	$34,050 – $54,300	60
12	Helpers--CarpentersNo formal educational credential	$43,490	$31,660 – $54,890	30
13	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$42,160	$34,780 – $51,790	350
14	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,710	$30,460 – $44,320	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Winchester, VA-WV. 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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