Boilermaker salary in West Virginia
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Boilermakers in West Virginia earn a median of $63,850 a year, or $30.70 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $92,080 a year. That's 16% less than the national median of $76,410, 32nd of 37 states and DC.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $18.57/hr
- Jobs in West Virginia
- 30
- After cost of living
- $71,340
- Median hourly pay
- $30.70/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −16%
- Rank among states
- 32nd of 37
- Mean (average) pay
- $68,270 a year · $32.82 an hour
Pay by percentile
What boilermakers in West Virginia earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.
| Percentile | Hourly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $18.57 | $38,630 |
| 25th percentile | $24.46 | $50,880 |
| Median (50th) | $30.70 | $63,850 |
| 75th percentile | $41.92 | $87,190 |
| 90th percentile | $44.27 | $92,080 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How West Virginia compares
- Boilermakers are less concentrated in West Virginia than nationally: 0.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.70 times the U.S. share.
Pay by metro area
- Huntington–Ashland$67,010
Other trades in West Virginia
Bidding federal work? Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates in West Virginia list what contractors must pay boilermakers on federal and federally assisted jobs, county by county.
About this data
Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-2011 (Boilermakers), area code 54. BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed boilermakers and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (89.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures