How much do ironworkers make an hour in Billings, MT?

The median hourly wage is $33.19. The middle half earn between $24.57 and $36.39 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice ironworkers make in Billings, MT?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.02 an hour ($47,880 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.57.

How much does a journeyman ironworker make in Billings, MT?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $69,030 a year ($33.19 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $75,690–$75,690.

How does Billings pay compare with the rest of Montana?

The Billings median of $69,030 is 2% more than the Montana median of $67,390.

Ironworker salary in Billings, MT

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Ironworkers in the Billings, MT area earn a median of $69,030 a year, or $33.19 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $75,690 a year. Statewide, ironworkers earn a median of $67,390; Billings is 2% above it.

Median yearly pay$69,030

Bottom 10% under$47,880Top 10% over$75,690

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $23.02/hr
Jobs in this area: 60
After cost of living: $73,810
Median hourly pay: $33.19/hr
vs U.S. median: +10%
vs Montana median: +2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 13740, Billings, MT). 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	$47,880–$51,100$23.02–$24.57/hr
Journeyman	$69,030$33.19/hr
Top earners	$75,690–$75,690$36.39–$36.39/hr

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

How Billings, MT compares

Ironworkers are more concentrated in the Billings area than nationally: 0.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.5 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $75,690, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $47,880: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other trades in Billings, MT

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Questions

How much do ironworkers make in Billings, MT?: Ironworkers in the Billings, MT area earn a median of $69,030 a year, or $33.19 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $75,690 a year.
How much do ironworkers make an hour in Billings, MT?: The median hourly wage is $33.19. The middle half earn between $24.57 and $36.39 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice ironworkers make in Billings, MT?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.02 an hour ($47,880 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.57.
How much does a journeyman ironworker make in Billings, MT?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $69,030 a year ($33.19 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $75,690–$75,690.
How does Billings pay compare with the rest of Montana?: The Billings median of $69,030 is 2% more than the Montana median of $67,390.

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 13740 (Billings, MT). 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 (93.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures