Construction, Installation & Trades

Building trades, installation, maintenance, and repair.

27 occupations · 7,272 local jobs · 783 estimated annual openings

Occupation	Local jobs	Openings per year	Median pay	Growth
Construction Laborers	1,887	196	$51,192	+19.0%
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,107	120	$83,940	+48.7%
Electricians	766	76	$62,461	+0.5%
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	642	68	$84,773	+19.6%
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	555	60	$65,895	-13.4%
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	539	53	$80,002	+10.2%
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	369	35	$65,901	+25.0%
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	284	38	$68,641	-25.4%
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	194	18	$117,304	-23.8%
Construction and Building Inspectors	176	23	$65,481	+44.6%
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	155	18	$44,753	-15.8%
Highway Maintenance Workers	99	9	$48,266	+11.6%
Helpers--Electricians	69	10	$37,690	+9.4%
Solar Photovoltaic Installers	64	11	$40,541	n/a
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	62	8	$41,582	-12.6%
Tile and Stone Setters	51	5	$52,842	+2.7%
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	41	4	$62,308	-13.9%
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	35	5	$67,667	+16.1%
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	27	4	$122,767	+7.7%
Tapers	23	3	$69,120	+120.6%
Fence Erectors	23	3	$39,845	-10.9%
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers	23	3	$52,869	-22.4%
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	19	3	$59,547	+5.8%
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters	17	3	$53,833	+14.1%
Plasterers and Stucco Masons	16	2	$57,933	n/a
Helpers--Carpenters	15	3	$43,933	n/a
Helpers--Extraction Workers	14	2	$51,570	+1.0%

Sources: Lightcast Q1 2026 occupation snapshot, Hamilton County, IN (jobs, openings, median pay, growth to 2026). Wage figures are ranges from public data, never promises.