30 blue-collar jobs with the highest salaries

A typical construction and building inspector earned $62,860 in 2020.
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Some traditionally blue-collar jobs pay very well.
BLS has data for jobs typically viewed as blue-collar, such as construction and extraction occupations.
Here are the 30 blue-collar jobs that have the highest median salaries as of May 2020.See more stories on Insider's business page.30. Commercial and industrial equipment electrical and electronics repairers had a median annual salary of $62,010, and 55