$39,180($18.84/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
-
Stonemasons build stone walls and set stone exteriors and floors.
$43,460 ($20.90/hr)
No formal educational credential
None
Floor Layers apply blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors.
$43,930 ($21.12/hr)
No formal educational credential
None
Tile and Stone Setters apply hard tile, marble, and wood tile to walls, floors, ceilings, and roof decks.
$49,670 ($23.88/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Structural Iron and Steel Workers install structural iron and steel to form and support bridges, roads, and other structures.
$49,600 ($23.85/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Industrial machinery mechanics and machinery maintenance workers maintain and repair factory equipment and other industrial machinery, such as conveying systems, production machinery, and packaging equipment. Millwrights install, dismantle, repair, reassemble, and move machinery in factories, power plants, and construction sites.
$47,170 ($22.68/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Insulation workers, also called insulators, install and replace the materials used to insulate mechanical systems.
$46,350 ($22.28/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Brickmasons and Blockmasons (or, simply, masons) use bricks and concrete blocks to build fences, walkways, walls, and other structures.
$46,480 ($22.34/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers install reinforcing iron and steel to form and support bridges, roads, and other structures.
$47,220 ($22.70/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters install and repair piping fixtures and systems.
$43,130 ($20.74/hr)
No formal educational credential
None
Roofers replace, repair, and install the roofs of buildings, using a variety of materials, including shingles, bitumen, and metal.
$43,840 ($21.08/hr)
No formal educational credential
None
Plasterers and Stucco Masons apply interior or exterior plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials. They may also set ornamental plaster.
$44,980 ($21.63/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Carpenters construct, repair, and install building frameworks and structures made from wood and other materials.
$46,860 ($22.53/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Sheet Metal Workers fabricate or install products that are made from thin metal sheets, such as ducts used in heating and air conditioning systems.
$49,760 ($23.93/hr)
No formal educational credential
None
Quarry Rock Splitters separate blocks of rough dimension stone from quarry mass using jackhammers, wedges, or chop saws.
$44,860 ($21.57/hr)
No formal educational credential
None
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers pour, smooth, and finish concrete floors, sidewalks, roads, and curbs. They use a variety of hand and power tools.
$65,720 ($31.60/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Boilermakers assemble, install, maintain, and repair boilers, closed vats, and other large vessels or containers that hold liquids and gases.
