Ironworker salary in Nevada
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Ironworkers in Nevada earn a median of $62,510 a year, or $30.05 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $103,770 a year. Nevada ranks 27th of 50 states and DC for ironworker pay, at about the same as the U.S. median of $62,780.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $22.39/hr
- Jobs in Nevada
- 1,400
- After cost of living
- $62,520
- Median hourly pay
- $30.05/hr
- vs U.S. median
- 0%
- Rank among states
- 27th of 50
- Mean (average) pay
- $73,740 a year · $35.45 an hour
Pay by percentile
What ironworkers in Nevada 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 | $22.39 | $46,560 |
| 25th percentile | $28.03 | $58,300 |
| Median (50th) | $30.05 | $62,510 |
| 75th percentile | $47.88 | $99,580 |
| 90th percentile | $49.89 | $103,770 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
Pay over time
The median ironworker wage in Nevada rose 29.6%, from $48,250 in May 2021 to $62,510 in May 2025. Prices rose 19.4% over the same period, so after inflation it rose 8.5%.
| Year | Median a year | Median an hour |
|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | $48,250 | $23.20/hr |
| May 2022 | $49,090 | $23.60/hr |
| May 2023 | $46,110 | $22.17/hr |
| May 2024 | $62,990 | $30.28/hr |
| May 2025 | $62,510 | $30.05/hr |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, each May release; inflation from the BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, May of each year). BLS cautions against reading much into year-to-year changes, so we compare the first and last years. How we compare years
How Nevada compares
- Ironworkers are more concentrated in Nevada than nationally: 0.9 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.0 times the U.S. share.
Pay by metro area
- Las Vegas–Henderson–North Las Vegas$62,510
- Reno$59,880
Rural Nevada
- Rest of the state$76,330
Other trades in Nevada
Bidding federal work? Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates in Nevada list what contractors must pay ironworkers on federal and federally assisted jobs, county by county.
Questions
- Where in Nevada do ironworkers earn the most?
- Among Nevada metro areas, Las Vegas–Henderson–North Las Vegas has the highest median at $62,510 a year, and Reno the lowest at $59,880.
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 32. 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 (100.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures