SOC 47-4090 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025

How much do Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $75,550. The 10th percentile is $52,750 and the 90th percentile is $95,690. Employment is 120.

Median annual wage

$75,550

10th percentile
$52,750
25th percentile
$66,780
Median
$75,550
75th percentile
$85,340
90th percentile
$95,690
Mean
$77,780

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a bench, 2014. Photograph by Chetan Menaria. Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Percentile spread

For Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers, the published 10th percentile is $52,750 and the 90th percentile is $95,690. The difference is $42,940, which is 56.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $66,780 to the 75th at $85,340, covers $18,560.

The mean annual wage is $77,780, which sits above the median of $75,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 51.4% higher than the national median of $49,910 for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $67,982, which is 36.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.9% higher than the Washington median of $69,380.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers at $67,982 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 134 miles away, with a median of $51,110 and employment of 120. That median is 32.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,482, against $67,982 here.

Employment share

Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (120 of 2,086,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (28,380 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.32 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $75,550. The 10th percentile is $52,750 and the 90th percentile is $95,690. Employment is 120.

How does that compare with the national median for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers?

The local median is 51.4% higher than the national median of $49,910.

What is Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers pay in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $75,550 is $67,982. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA compare with nearby metros for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers?

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 134 miles away, at $51,110. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.