How much do ironworkers make an hour in Texas?

The median hourly wage is $25.12. The middle half earn between $22.65 and $29.98 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice ironworkers make in Texas?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.27 an hour ($42,160 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.65.

How much does a journeyman ironworker make in Texas?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $52,240 a year ($25.12 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $62,360–$77,520.

Where in Texas do ironworkers earn the most?

Among Texas metro areas, Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos has the highest median at $59,980 a year, and McAllen–Edinburg–Mission the lowest at $42,710.

Ironworker salary in Texas

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Ironworkers in Texas earn a median of $52,240 a year, or $25.12 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $77,520 a year. That's 17% less than the national median of $62,780, 43rd of 50 states and DC.

Median yearly pay$52,240

Bottom 10% under$42,160Top 10% over$77,520

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $20.27/hr
Jobs in Texas: 9,700
After cost of living: $53,820
Median hourly pay: $25.12/hr
vs U.S. median: −17%
Rank among states: 43rd of 50

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 48). 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	$42,160–$47,120$20.27–$22.65/hr
Journeyman	$52,240$25.12/hr
Top earners	$62,360–$77,520$29.98–$37.27/hr

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

Pay over time

The median ironworker wage in Texas rose 11%, from $47,060 in May 2021 to $52,240 in May 2025. Prices rose 19.4% over the same period, so after inflation it fell 7%.

Year	Median a year	Median an hour
May 2021	$47,060	$22.62/hr
May 2022	$45,670	$21.96/hr
May 2023	$48,600	$23.36/hr
May 2024	$49,410	$23.75/hr
May 2025	$52,240	$25.12/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 Texas compares

Ironworkers are more concentrated in Texas than nationally: 0.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.6 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $77,520, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $42,160: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Pay by metro area

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Rural Texas

Hill Country Region$51,980
North Region$50,090
Coastal Plains Region$48,630

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Questions

How much do ironworkers make in Texas?: Ironworkers in Texas earn a median of $52,240 a year, or $25.12 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $77,520 a year.
How much do ironworkers make an hour in Texas?: The median hourly wage is $25.12. The middle half earn between $22.65 and $29.98 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice ironworkers make in Texas?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.27 an hour ($42,160 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.65.
Has ironworker pay gone up in Texas?: The median ironworker wage in Texas rose 11%, from $47,060 in May 2021 to $52,240 in May 2025. Prices rose 19.4% over the same period, so after inflation it fell 7%. (BLS wage data and Consumer Price Index.)
How much does a journeyman ironworker make in Texas?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $52,240 a year ($25.12 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $62,360–$77,520.
Where in Texas do ironworkers earn the most?: Among Texas metro areas, Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos has the highest median at $59,980 a year, and McAllen–Edinburg–Mission the lowest at $42,710.

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 48. 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 (97.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures