IRONWORKER
MEDIAN PAY (BLS 2024)
Ironworkers nationwide earn a median of $33.22/hr per the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS 2024 survey. 64,750 ironworkers employed across the U.S. See the state-by-state breakdown below — the highest-paying states often run 30%+ over the national median.
$33.22/hr median · $69,093 annualized (40 hr/wk × 52 wk)
Employment-weighted estimate from 50-state BLS OEWS data (the official BLS national row isn't in our dataset yet). State medians below are real BLS figures.
STATE-BY-STATE MEDIAN
BLS · sorted highest first| State | Median /hr | Top 10% /hr | Employed | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $56.07 | $61.08 | 2,160 | VIEW |
| New Jersey | $53.75 | $62.47 | 1,250 | VIEW |
| Washington | $50.95 | $60.26 | 1,140 | VIEW |
| Illinois | $48.57 | $58.54 | 3,250 | VIEW |
| Hawaii | $47.78 | $54.12 | 80 | VIEW |
| Rhode Island | $46.06 | $46.07 | 390 | VIEW |
| New York | $45.85 | $61.46 | 3,190 | VIEW |
| Minnesota | $44.83 | $45.85 | 850 | VIEW |
| Wisconsin | $44.19 | $48.21 | 710 | VIEW |
| Oregon | $43.30 | $47.38 | 560 | VIEW |
| Pennsylvania | $39.14 | $53.70 | 1,290 | VIEW |
| Alaska | $39.08 | $47.00 | 180 | VIEW |
| Connecticut | $38.67 | $46.50 | 260 | VIEW |
| North Dakota | $38.21 | $40.23 | 270 | VIEW |
| New Mexico | $36.65 | $36.65 | 100 | VIEW |
| West Virginia | $36.23 | $41.66 | 80 | VIEW |
| Indiana | $35.68 | $46.33 | 2,530 | VIEW |
| California | $34.64 | $52.17 | 6,970 | VIEW |
| Ohio | $34.53 | $39.61 | 1,920 | VIEW |
| Kentucky | $32.95 | $48.13 | 870 | VIEW |
| Maryland | $32.55 | $38.05 | 890 | VIEW |
| Louisiana | $32.22 | $36.99 | 1,560 | VIEW |
| Iowa | $31.81 | $38.86 | 720 | VIEW |
| Michigan | $30.73 | $37.97 | 2,010 | VIEW |
| Nevada | $30.28 | $48.72 | 1,050 | VIEW |
| Maine | $30.16 | $35.30 | 780 | VIEW |
| Idaho | $29.90 | $35.68 | 400 | VIEW |
| Nebraska | $29.81 | $36.38 | 540 | VIEW |
| District of Columbia | $29.77 | $71.56 | 130 | VIEW |
| New Hampshire | $29.46 | $36.17 | 290 | VIEW |
| Vermont | $29.43 | $36.79 | 50 | VIEW |
| Colorado | $29.34 | $39.09 | 1,050 | VIEW |
| Missouri | $28.96 | $40.20 | 910 | VIEW |
| Arizona | $28.86 | $36.94 | 3,110 | VIEW |
| Delaware | $28.04 | $33.65 | 100 | VIEW |
| Virginia | $27.97 | $35.05 | 1,190 | VIEW |
| Georgia | $27.46 | $33.95 | 530 | VIEW |
| Montana | $26.99 | $33.20 | 150 | VIEW |
| Tennessee | $26.80 | $35.05 | 1,320 | VIEW |
| Florida | $25.86 | $33.68 | 2,040 | VIEW |
| South Dakota | $24.97 | $31.75 | 470 | VIEW |
| Alabama | $24.72 | $34.71 | 1,160 | VIEW |
| South Carolina | $24.35 | $31.24 | 670 | VIEW |
| North Carolina | $24.06 | $30.83 | 1,540 | VIEW |
| Texas | $23.75 | $34.06 | 10,090 | VIEW |
| Arkansas | $23.61 | $29.37 | 910 | VIEW |
| Kansas | $23.40 | $29.72 | 450 | VIEW |
| Utah | $23.00 | $32.38 | 1,200 | VIEW |
| Oklahoma | $23.00 | $31.05 | 810 | VIEW |
| Wyoming | $21.33 | $23.50 | 70 | VIEW |
| Mississippi | $18.93 | $25.08 | 510 | VIEW |
TOP-PAYING METROS
DAVIS-BACON PREVAILING WAGES
LOOK UP DIRECTFederal construction work (LNG terminals, military bases, GSA, VA, federal infrastructure) uses Davis-Bacon prevailing wage determinations as a legal wage floor — base + fringe benefits, set per county per construction type. If you're on a federally-funded project paying below the WD, the contractor is out of compliance and you can file a WH-3.
Rates change frequently and are county-specific, so we link direct instead of caching stale numbers. Look up the active Wage Determination for your job at sam.gov/wage-determinations or dol.gov/whd/government-contracts.
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16 other trades. State medians + Davis-Bacon + per diem in one spot.