11. Carpenters
Average pay: $42,090
Up next in our list of highest paying manual labor jobs are carpenters who, as we know, are responsible for the construction and repair of building structures. They do doorframes, stairways, partitions, and rafters. The job could be both indoors and outdoors, as they sometimes work on bridges highways as well. The job is quite strenuous, making carpenters affected with injuries and ailments more so than other manual laborers in America. Even so, most people still take the job since it pays well.
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