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What ironworkers make
Median
$58,970
Bottom tenth
$43,310
Top tenth
$104,540
The national median is $58,970 a year, the bottom tenth earn $43,310 or less and the top tenth $104,540 or more, in the 2025 survey. These figures are for reinforcing iron and rebar workers, the branch that ties the steel inside concrete. Structural ironworkers, who raise the steel frames of buildings and bridges, are counted under a separate occupation code.