How much do ironworkers make an hour in Greeley, CO?

The median hourly wage is $28.41. The middle half earn between $23.86 and $33.75 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice ironworkers make in Greeley, CO?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.01 an hour ($41,630 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.86.

How much does a journeyman ironworker make in Greeley, CO?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $59,100 a year ($28.41 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $70,200–$75,740.

Do ironworkers make more in Greeley or Fort Collins?

Fort Collins pays more: the median is $59,100 in Greeley and $62,670 in Fort Collins, a 6% difference.

How does Greeley pay compare with the rest of Colorado?

The Greeley median of $59,100 is about the same as the Colorado median of $58,830.

Ironworker salary in Greeley, CO

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Ironworkers in the Greeley, CO area earn a median of $59,100 a year, or $28.41 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $75,740. That's about the same as the Colorado median of $58,830.

Median yearly pay$59,100

Bottom 10% under$41,630Top 10% over$75,740

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $20.01/hr
Jobs in this area: 80
After cost of living: $59,000
Median hourly pay: $28.41/hr
vs U.S. median: −6%
vs Colorado median: 0%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 24540, Greeley, CO). Excludes self-employed ironworkers. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Apprentice, journeyman and top ironworker pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Apprentice	$41,630–$49,630$20.01–$23.86/hr
Journeyman	$59,100$28.41/hr
Top earners	$70,200–$75,740$33.75–$36.41/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Greeley, CO compares

Greeley ranks 3rd of 4 Colorado metro areas for ironworker pay.
Ironworkers are more concentrated in the Greeley area than nationally: 0.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.5 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $75,740, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $41,630: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do ironworkers make in Greeley, CO?: Ironworkers in the Greeley, CO area earn a median of $59,100 a year, or $28.41 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $75,740.
How much do ironworkers make an hour in Greeley, CO?: The median hourly wage is $28.41. The middle half earn between $23.86 and $33.75 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice ironworkers make in Greeley, CO?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.01 an hour ($41,630 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.86.
How much does a journeyman ironworker make in Greeley, CO?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $59,100 a year ($28.41 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $70,200–$75,740.
Do ironworkers make more in Greeley or Fort Collins?: Fort Collins pays more: the median is $59,100 in Greeley and $62,670 in Fort Collins, a 6% difference.
How does Greeley pay compare with the rest of Colorado?: The Greeley median of $59,100 is about the same as the Colorado median of $58,830.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-2221 (Structural Iron and Steel Workers), area code 24540 (Greeley, CO). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed ironworkers 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 (100.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures