Structural Iron and Steel Workers · SOC 47-2221

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Structural Iron and Steel Workerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for structural iron and steel workers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 161 metro areas

Structural Iron and Steel Workers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$120,840	1,310	0.5
2	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$116,360	70	0.3
3	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$114,570	30	0.2
4	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$111,500	40	0.3
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$111,440	450	0.2
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$109,440	330	0.3
7	Vallejo, CA	$106,900	150	1.0
8	Vineland, NJ	$105,370	40	0.6
9	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$103,330	800	0.3
10	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$102,350	2,120	0.5
11	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$102,060	2,300	0.2
12	Rockford, IL	$100,290	190	1.4
13	La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	$100,160	40	0.5
14	Urban Honolulu, HI	$99,860	Not published	Not published
15	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$98,320	640	0.9
16	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$98,120	410	0.3
17	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$97,810	750	0.4
18	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$97,150	150	0.6
19	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$95,730	240	0.3
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$94,120	30	0.1
21	Appleton, WI	$93,960	80	0.7
22	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$92,580	40	0.3
23	Madison, WI	$92,460	70	0.2
24	Chico, CA	$88,070	50	0.7
25	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$87,340	800	0.3

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Structural Iron and Steel Workers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.