Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other salary

SOC 47-3019 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$42,670

per year, nationally

Middle half

$37,030–$48,880

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

24,770

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+4.4%

2,800 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$32,900$60,080

10th: $32,900
25th: $37,030
Median: $42,670
75th: $48,880
90th: $60,080

Getting in

Typical education to enter: No formal educational credential
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where helpers, construction trades, all other earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Washington	$61,750	107.0	60	0.11×
2	New York	$54,480	107.9	1,190	0.77×
3	Missouri	$51,630	90.8	—	—
4	Illinois	$49,880	100.0	160	0.17×
5	Iowa	$48,430	87.8	230	0.92×
6	California	$48,430	110.7	2,990	1.03×
7	Arizona	$47,830	100.7	790	1.53×
8	Colorado	$47,030	103.1	310	0.68×
9	Wisconsin	$46,580	94.1	100	0.21×
10	Vermont	$46,090	98.0	70	1.39×
11	Alaska	$45,860	102.4	90	1.82×
12	Ohio	$44,870	92.8	430	0.49×
13	Massachusetts	$44,720	105.8	120	0.21×
14	Maryland	$44,360	105.0	1,480	3.37×
15	Indiana	$43,860	93.3	170	0.33×
16	Kentucky	$43,680	90.2	50	0.17×
17	Virginia	$42,310	101.1	550	0.84×
18	Oregon	$41,410	103.4	270	0.86×
19	New Jersey	$41,080	108.8	420	0.62×
20	Texas	$40,610	97.1	5,060	2.26×
21	Louisiana	$39,960	88.2	2,190	7.09×
22	Georgia	$39,890	96.3	1,320	1.69×
23	Michigan	$39,840	96.2	320	0.46×
24	Florida	$39,500	103.4	2,280	1.44×
25	Idaho	$39,240	95.5	90	0.68×
26	Montana	$38,550	94.6	130	1.59×
27	North Carolina	$38,480	94.3	550	0.70×
28	Mississippi	$38,300	87.0	130	0.73×
29	Connecticut	$37,990	103.6	170	0.63×
30	South Carolina	$37,990	93.7	290	0.79×
31	Tennessee	$37,730	91.9	310	0.60×
32	Arkansas	$37,440	86.9	160	0.78×
33	Nevada	$37,440	100.0	350	1.42×
34	New Mexico	$37,280	92.2	510	3.68×
35	Pennsylvania	$37,210	97.6	470	0.49×
36	Oklahoma	$35,830	87.8	150	0.55×
37	Nebraska	$35,470	90.1	50	0.32×
38	Kansas	$31,710	90.1	40	0.20×
39	Hawaii	$30,900	110.0	190	1.89×
40	Utah	$28,120	98.9	180	0.65×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where helpers, construction trades, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for helpers, construction trades, all other

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$58,580	112.6	1,140	0.75×
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$57,680	110.4	140	0.75×
3	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$54,830	103.6	100	0.15×
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$53,840	115.6	310	0.81×
5	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$51,820	100.9	—	—
6	St. Louis, MO-IL	$50,650	95.1	70	0.34×
7	Rochester, NY	$50,030	97.0	60	0.75×
8	Cleveland, OH	$49,540	93.9	70	0.43×
9	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$49,290	100.9	50	0.91×
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$48,840	113.6	1,050	1.05×
11	Omaha, NE-IA	$48,550	91.9	40	0.47×
12	Cedar Rapids, IA	$48,220	89.0	50	2.17×
13	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$47,950	108.6	30	1.71×
14	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$47,840	103.3	750	2.00×
15	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$47,820	95.4	90	0.50×
16	Anchorage, AK	$47,750	105.4	70	2.37×
17	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$47,480	100.9	40	1.91×
18	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$47,460	108.3	60	0.15×
19	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$47,270	110.5	50	0.99×
20	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$47,030	105.8	210	0.84×
21	Syracuse, NY	$47,010	95.7	40	0.87×
22	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$46,950	111.9	240	1.00×
23	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$46,940	106.7	290	1.71×
24	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$46,350	108.9	930	1.86×
25	Baton Rouge, LA	$45,850	90.8	980	15.06×
26	Longview, TX	$45,830	89.5	—	—
27	Vallejo, CA	$45,760	108.5	30	1.32×
28	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$45,560	90.0	230	8.87×
29	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$45,310	106.4	350	1.28×
30	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$44,680	99.6	40	0.55×
31	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$44,590	108.8	30	1.02×
32	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$44,320	100.9	300	1.32×
33	Corpus Christi, TX	$44,060	92.7	140	4.59×
34	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$43,860	98.6	1,750	3.34×
35	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$43,840	101.0	80	1.22×
36	Modesto, CA	$43,640	104.1	40	1.22×
37	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$43,600	91.4	40	0.80×
38	Richmond, VA	$43,480	97.9	140	1.37×
39	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$42,950	104.5	530	2.43×
40	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$42,840	105.4	140	0.71×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where helpers, construction trades, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Helpers--Electricians$42,670
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$42,360
Helpers--Carpenters$43,780
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters$47,550
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons$40,470
Helpers--Roofers$44,160

Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other salary

What the range looks like

Getting in

Where helpers, construction trades, all other earn the most

Best paying metro areas for helpers, construction trades, all other

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