From rows upon rows of workers throwing up new housing developments to new high-rise buildings climbing their way upward slowly over months, construction as an industry and an occupation is a cornerstone of the American economy. Unfortunately, construction workers can experience awesome boom times, like the home building frenzy of the 2000s housing bubble, to serious lows, such as in the early 2010s after the bubble burst.

However, what’s less well known is which kinds of construction jobs earn the most money. In order to identify the highest paying construction jobs, we analyzed data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Occupational Employment Statistics (OES), and zeroed in on occupations that fall into their category Construction and Extraction Occupations, while making sure to exclude extraction jobs. (According to the BLS’s occupation codes, 47-0000 is the code for Construction and Extraction Occupations, but construction jobs fall between 47-1000 and 47-5000, with the latter marking the start of Extraction Occupations).

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