Structural Iron and Steel Workers

SOC 47-2220

The median annual wage for Structural Iron and Steel Workers is $62,760, based on BLS OEWS 2023 data. The mean annual wage is $68,220, and an estimated 63,780 workers are employed in this occupation nationally. Between 2020 and 2023, pay rose +14.5% while consumer prices rose 17.7% — a real change of -2.8% (pay did not keep up with inflation).

Wage Trend & Inflation Adjustment

How the national median wage for Structural Iron and Steel Workers has moved across BLS OEWS release years, and what each year's wage is worth in 2023 dollars after adjusting for CPI inflation. "Real" change strips out inflation — the truest measure of whether pay is actually rising.

National median wage trend for Structural Iron and Steel Workers, nominal and inflation-adjusted, BLS OEWS.
Year Median (nominal) In 2023 $ (real) Employment
2023 $62,760 $62,760 63,780
2022 $60,500 $62,990 66,810
2021 $58,550 $65,839 68,620
2020 $54,830 $64,552 71,490

Nominal change

+14.5%

Inflation (CPI)

+17.7%

Real change

-2.8%

Wage Distribution (National, 2023)

10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th, and 90th percentile annual wages from BLS OEWS — the full spread, not just an average.

10th Pct

$40,510

25th Pct

$48,860

Median

$62,760

75th Pct

$80,040

90th Pct

$105,010

Related Occupations in Construction & Extraction

Other occupations in the same SOC major group, ranked by national median wage.

Construction Laborers $176,072 Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers $102,420 First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers $76,760 Boilermakers $71,140 Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other $68,910 Construction and Building Inspectors $67,700 Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators $67,000 Roof Bolters, Mining $66,660
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