Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other · SOC 47-3019

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Helpers, Construction Trades, All Others

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for helpers, construction trades, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 99 metro areas

Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$58,580	1,140	0.1
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$57,680	140	0.1
3	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$54,830	100	0.0
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$53,840	310	0.1
5	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$51,820	Not published	Not published
6	St. Louis, MO-IL	$50,650	70	0.1
7	Rochester, NY	$50,030	60	0.1
8	Cleveland, OH	$49,540	70	0.1
9	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$49,290	50	0.1
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$48,840	1,050	0.2
11	Omaha, NE-IA	$48,550	40	0.1
12	Cedar Rapids, IA	$48,220	50	0.3
13	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$47,950	30	0.3
14	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$47,840	750	0.3
15	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$47,820	90	0.1
16	Anchorage, AK	$47,750	70	0.4
17	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$47,480	40	0.3
18	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$47,460	60	0.0
19	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$47,270	50	0.2
20	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$47,030	210	0.1
21	Syracuse, NY	$47,010	40	0.1
22	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$46,950	240	0.2
23	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$46,940	290	0.3
24	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$46,350	930	0.3
25	Baton Rouge, LA	$45,850	980	2.4

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.