Highest-paying Cities for Structural Iron and Steel Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for structural iron and steel workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of structural iron and steel workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $114,440, Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada is the highest paying city for structural iron and steel workers. It is followed by Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada (average annual salary $112,680). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of structural iron and steel workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Structural Iron and Steel Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$114,440	$43,320	n/a
2	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$112,680	$36,670	n/a
3	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$104,860	$73,140	50
4	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$104,130	$62,080	1,320
5	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$101,920	$50,180	3,300
6	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$99,180	$76,310	60
7	Kingston, New York	$98,900	$73,570	n/a
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$98,190	$58,610	1,420
9	Olympia, Washington	$96,480	$48,060	90
10	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$96,240	$84,420	1,210
11	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$93,890	$57,610	2,560
12	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$93,860	$81,320	30
13	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$93,780	$50,980	130
14	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$92,920	$71,310	1,790
15	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$92,310	$46,550	160
16	Camden, New Jersey	$91,560	$66,700	380
17	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$91,150	$57,260	60
18	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$89,240	$49,640	560
19	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$88,860	$47,740	570
20	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$88,650	$45,800	1,780
21	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$86,730	$69,820	240
22	Tacoma, Washington	$86,200	$43,260	100
23	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$86,190	$44,330	90
24	Appleton, Wisconsin	$83,610	$58,810	110
25	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$82,730	$54,080	320
26	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$82,160	$59,010	60
27	Gary, Indiana	$81,990	$28,690	510
28	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$81,840	$69,670	30
29	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$81,560	$52,900	400
30	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$81,560	$37,500	100
31	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$81,510	$47,910	100
32	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$80,820	$36,450	60
33	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$80,730	$46,790	70
34	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$80,600	$42,130	150
35	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$80,380	$48,430	50
36	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$80,280	$49,030	220
37	Rockford, Illinois	$79,560	$37,100	90
38	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$79,480	$37,700	220
39	Bellingham, Washington	$79,470	$49,640	100
40	Madison, Wisconsin	$79,340	$48,430	140
41	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$79,310	$40,010	710
42	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$78,890	$46,540	160
43	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$78,850	$52,530	30
44	Reading, Pennsylvania	$78,790	$38,370	50
45	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$78,650	$52,110	70
46	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$78,630	$47,340	940
47	Spokane, Washington	$78,440	$46,700	180
48	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$78,350	$65,170	730
49	St Louis, Missouri	$77,950	$44,310	510
50	Bend, Oregon	$76,930	$57,320	30
51	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$76,830	$46,020	470
52	Salem, Oregon	$76,600	$45,640	70
53	Peoria, Illinois	$76,560	$62,840	150
54	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$76,510	$68,950	130
55	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$76,270	$46,170	70
56	Springfield, Massachusetts	$76,050	$43,180	90
57	Springfield, Illinois	$75,920	$30,160	50
58	Akron, Ohio	$75,850	$51,540	380
59	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$74,760	$47,060	80
60	Rochester, Minnesota	$74,230	$51,170	50
61	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$73,900	$50,050	100
62	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$73,160	$48,200	210
63	Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana	$72,600	$65,700	30
64	Duluth, Wisconsin	$72,410	$54,350	30
65	Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$72,110	$46,250	n/a
66	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$72,110	$46,990	70
67	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$72,030	$59,330	360
68	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$71,940	$36,270	1,470
69	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$71,380	$45,120	1,230
70	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$70,830	$45,500	220
71	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$70,530	$38,700	520
72	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$70,160	$46,860	400
73	Worcester, Massachusetts	$70,150	$44,510	n/a
74	New Haven, Connecticut	$69,760	$35,440	90
75	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$69,400	$53,370	730
76	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$69,370	$46,700	250
77	Peabody, Massachusetts	$69,190	$54,180	60
78	East Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$69,180	$51,490	40
79	Toledo, Ohio	$69,160	$49,940	420
80	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$69,160	$43,590	110
81	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$68,600	$35,680	80
82	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$68,280	$42,870	50
83	Provo-Orem, Utah	$68,260	$38,490	270
84	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$68,140	$48,400	1,180
85	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$67,000	$43,950	n/a
86	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$66,770	$46,260	60
87	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$66,580	$52,680	40
88	Columbus, Ohio	$66,580	$46,950	420
89	Dayton, Ohio	$66,190	$48,190	110
90	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$65,910	$28,670	n/a
91	Syracuse, New York	$65,870	$47,920	70
92	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$65,820	$43,570	110
93	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$65,810	$39,580	850
94	Stockton, California	$65,790	$37,020	230
95	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$65,650	$52,760	60
96	Manhattan, Kansas	$65,610	$37,300	40
97	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$65,210	$34,760	n/a
98	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$65,090	$47,120	580
99	Honolulu, Hawaii	$64,680	$29,260	90
100	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$64,640	$42,130	490

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for structural iron and steel workers.