Ironworker salary in Allentown, PA-NJ
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Ironworkers in the Allentown–Bethlehem–Easton, PA-NJ area earn a median of $83,630 a year, or $40.21 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $109,770. Across all of Pennsylvania, the median is $82,970, so Allentown pays 1% more than the state as a whole.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $34.66/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 150
- After cost of living
- $83,660
- Median hourly pay
- $40.21/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +33%
- vs Pennsylvania median
- +1%
- Mean (average) pay
- $91,160 a year · $43.83 an hour
Pay by percentile
What ironworkers in Allentown, PA-NJ 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 | $34.66 | $72,080 |
| 25th percentile | $40.21 | $83,630 |
| Median (50th) | $40.21 | $83,630 |
| 75th percentile | $51.92 | $107,990 |
| 90th percentile | $52.77 | $109,770 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Allentown, PA-NJ compares
- Allentown ranks 2nd of 6 Pennsylvania metro areas for ironworker pay.
- Ironworkers hold about the same share of jobs in the Allentown area as nationally: 0.4 of every 1,000 jobs.
Other Pennsylvania metro areas
Other trades in Allentown, PA-NJ
Questions
- Do ironworkers make more in Allentown or Philadelphia?
- Philadelphia pays more: the median is $83,630 in Allentown and $103,330 in Philadelphia, a 19% 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 10900 (Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ). 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