How Much Do Iron and Steel Workers Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Structural Iron and Steel Workers

Structural Iron and Steel Workers raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. May erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings.

Salary
$58650
Becoming One
Easy
Education
No degree required
Job Satisfaction
Low
Job Growth

Personality
Interest Match



Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$58650 per year
Hourly wage
$28 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$33,330 to $40,990 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$16 to $20 per hour

Entry-level Structural Iron and Steel Workers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $33,330 to $40,990 per year or $16 to $20 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
C

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Structural Iron and Steel Workers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $45 $94,140
Senior (Top 25%) $35 $73,800
Middle (Mid 50%) $26 $54,830
Junior (Bottom 25%) $20 $40,990
No experience (Bottom 10%) $16 $33,330

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
NJ $42 $87,030
IL $40 $84,110
WA $40 $84,000
MA $40 $82,700
HI $39 $82,060
NY $39 $81,810
OR $39 $81,470
RI $38 $78,380
AK $37 $76,810
CA $33 $68,280

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Structural Iron and Steel Worker is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like NJ doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at NJ might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Iron and Steel Workers are in the states of NJ, IL, WA, MA and HI.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Local Government $81780 $39.32
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution $79610 $38.27
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction $73430 $35.30
Rail Transportation $71110 $34.19
Building Finishing Contractors $69370 $33.35
Truck Transportation $69000 $33.17
Remediation and Other Waste Management Services $66090 $31.77
Building Equipment Contractors $64220 $30.88
Utility System Construction $60830 $29.25
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors $60600 $29.14
Other Specialty Trade Contractors $56890 $27.35
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services $56330 $27.08
Nonresidential Building Construction $54880 $26.39
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance $54440 $26.17
Residential Building Construction $53800 $25.87
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction $53180 $25.57
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing $53110 $25.54
Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel $52010 $25.01
Ship and Boat Building $51280 $24.65
Support Activities for Mining $49560 $23.83
Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services $48990 $23.55
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing $48550 $23.34
Employment Services $47630 $22.90
Other Textile Product Mills $45140 $21.70
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods $44440 $21.36
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing $42940 $20.65
Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing $41880 $20.14
State Government $39020 $18.76
Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing $ $*
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing $ $*

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