Do ironworkers make more in Akron or Columbus?

Columbus pays more: the median is $76,330 in Akron and $76,920 in Columbus, a 1% difference.

Ironworker salary in Akron, OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Ironworkers in the Akron, OH area earn a median of $76,330 a year, or $36.70 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $82,440 a year. Statewide, ironworkers earn a median of $74,710; Akron is 2% above it.

Median yearly pay$76,330

Bottom 10% under$51,960Top 10% over$82,440

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $24.98/hr
Jobs in this area: 210
After cost of living: $81,750
Median hourly pay: $36.70/hr
vs U.S. median: +22%
vs Ohio median: +2%
Mean (average) pay: $73,440 a year · $35.31 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 10420, Akron, OH). 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.

Pay by percentile

What ironworkers in Akron, OH 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	$24.98	$51,960
25th percentile	$29.67	$61,710
Median (50th)	$36.70	$76,330
75th percentile	$39.64	$82,440
90th percentile	$39.64	$82,440

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Akron, OH compares

Akron ranks 2nd of 6 Ohio metro areas for ironworker pay.
Ironworkers are more concentrated in the Akron area than nationally: 0.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.5 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do ironworkers make more in Akron or Columbus?: Columbus pays more: the median is $76,330 in Akron and $76,920 in Columbus, a 1% difference.

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 10420 (Akron, OH). 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 (93.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures