How much do ironworkers make an hour in Omaha, NE-IA?

The median hourly wage is $35.79. The middle half earn between $27.25 and $37.28 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice ironworkers make in Omaha, NE-IA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $25.30 an hour ($52,620 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $27.25.

How much does a journeyman ironworker make in Omaha, NE-IA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $74,430 a year ($35.79 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $77,550–$79,230.

Do ironworkers make more in Omaha or Lincoln?

Omaha pays more: the median is $74,430 in Omaha and $57,900 in Lincoln, a 29% difference.

How does Omaha pay compare with the rest of Nebraska?

The Omaha median of $74,430 is 14% more than the Nebraska median of $65,470.

Ironworker salary in Omaha, NE-IA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Ironworkers in the Omaha, NE-IA area earn a median of $74,430 a year, or $35.79 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $79,230. Statewide, ironworkers earn a median of $65,470; Omaha is 14% above it.

Median yearly pay$74,430

Bottom 10% under$52,620Top 10% over$79,230

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $25.30/hr
Jobs in this area: 380
After cost of living: $80,980
Median hourly pay: $35.79/hr
vs U.S. median: +19%
vs Nebraska median: +14%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 36540, Omaha, NE-IA). 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	$52,620–$56,670$25.30–$27.25/hr
Journeyman	$74,430$35.79/hr
Top earners	$77,550–$79,230$37.28–$38.09/hr

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

How Omaha, NE-IA compares

Ironworkers are more concentrated in the Omaha area than nationally: 0.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.7 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $79,230, is 1.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $52,620: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Nebraska metro areas

Lincoln$57,900

Other trades in Omaha, NE-IA

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Questions

How much do ironworkers make in Omaha, NE-IA?: Ironworkers in the Omaha, NE-IA area earn a median of $74,430 a year, or $35.79 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $79,230.
How much do ironworkers make an hour in Omaha, NE-IA?: The median hourly wage is $35.79. The middle half earn between $27.25 and $37.28 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice ironworkers make in Omaha, NE-IA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $25.30 an hour ($52,620 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $27.25.
How much does a journeyman ironworker make in Omaha, NE-IA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $74,430 a year ($35.79 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $77,550–$79,230.
Do ironworkers make more in Omaha or Lincoln?: Omaha pays more: the median is $74,430 in Omaha and $57,900 in Lincoln, a 29% difference.
How does Omaha pay compare with the rest of Nebraska?: The Omaha median of $74,430 is 14% more than the Nebraska median of $65,470.

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 36540 (Omaha, NE-IA). 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 (91.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures