How much do ironworkers make an hour in Amarillo, TX?

The median hourly wage is $28.66. The middle half earn between $22.25 and $30.45 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice ironworkers make in Amarillo, TX?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.52 an hour ($38,530 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.25.

How much does a journeyman ironworker make in Amarillo, TX?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $59,610 a year ($28.66 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $63,330–$74,580.

Do ironworkers make more in Amarillo or Austin?

Austin pays more: the median is $59,610 in Amarillo and $59,980 in Austin, a 1% difference.

How does Amarillo pay compare with the rest of Texas?

The Amarillo median of $59,610 is 14% more than the Texas median of $52,240.

Ironworker salary in Amarillo, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Ironworkers in the Amarillo, TX area earn a median of $59,610 a year, or $28.66 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $74,580 a year. Statewide, ironworkers earn a median of $52,240; Amarillo is 14% above it.

Median yearly pay$59,610

Bottom 10% under$38,530Top 10% over$74,580

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.52/hr
Jobs in this area: 60
After cost of living: $64,920
Median hourly pay: $28.66/hr
vs U.S. median: −5%
vs Texas median: +14%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 11100, Amarillo, TX). 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	$38,530–$46,280$18.52–$22.25/hr
Journeyman	$59,610$28.66/hr
Top earners	$63,330–$74,580$30.45–$35.86/hr

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

How Amarillo, TX compares

Amarillo ranks 2nd of 13 Texas metro areas for ironworker pay.
Ironworkers hold about the same share of jobs in the Amarillo area as nationally: 0.5 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $74,580, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $38,530: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Texas metro areas

Other trades in Amarillo, TX

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Questions

How much do ironworkers make in Amarillo, TX?: Ironworkers in the Amarillo, TX area earn a median of $59,610 a year, or $28.66 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $74,580 a year.
How much do ironworkers make an hour in Amarillo, TX?: The median hourly wage is $28.66. The middle half earn between $22.25 and $30.45 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice ironworkers make in Amarillo, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.52 an hour ($38,530 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.25.
How much does a journeyman ironworker make in Amarillo, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $59,610 a year ($28.66 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $63,330–$74,580.
Do ironworkers make more in Amarillo or Austin?: Austin pays more: the median is $59,610 in Amarillo and $59,980 in Austin, a 1% difference.
How does Amarillo pay compare with the rest of Texas?: The Amarillo median of $59,610 is 14% more than the Texas median of $52,240.

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 11100 (Amarillo, TX). 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 (91.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures