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

The median hourly wage is $27.51. The middle half earn between $21.71 and $29.51 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice ironworkers make in Beaumont, TX?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.51 an hour ($42,670 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.71.

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

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $57,220 a year ($27.51 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $61,380–$71,800.

Do ironworkers make more in Beaumont or Austin?

Austin pays more: the median is $57,220 in Beaumont and $59,980 in Austin, a 5% difference.

How does Beaumont pay compare with the rest of Texas?

The Beaumont median of $57,220 is 10% more than the Texas median of $52,240.

Ironworker salary in Beaumont, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Ironworkers in the Beaumont–Port Arthur, TX area earn a median of $57,220 a year, or $27.51 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $71,800. Statewide, ironworkers earn a median of $52,240; Beaumont is 10% above it.

Median yearly pay$57,220

Bottom 10% under$42,670Top 10% over$71,800

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $20.51/hr
Jobs in this area: 310
After cost of living: $63,550
Median hourly pay: $27.51/hr
vs U.S. median: −9%
vs Texas median: +10%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 13140, Beaumont-Port Arthur, 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	$42,670–$45,160$20.51–$21.71/hr
Journeyman	$57,220$27.51/hr
Top earners	$61,380–$71,800$29.51–$34.52/hr

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

How Beaumont, TX compares

Beaumont ranks 6th of 13 Texas metro areas for ironworker pay.
Ironworkers are more concentrated in the Beaumont area than nationally: 1.9 of every 1,000 jobs, 4.3 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $71,800, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $42,670: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Texas metro areas

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Questions

How much do ironworkers make in Beaumont, TX?: Ironworkers in the Beaumont–Port Arthur, TX area earn a median of $57,220 a year, or $27.51 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $71,800.
How much do ironworkers make an hour in Beaumont, TX?: The median hourly wage is $27.51. The middle half earn between $21.71 and $29.51 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice ironworkers make in Beaumont, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.51 an hour ($42,670 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.71.
How much does a journeyman ironworker make in Beaumont, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $57,220 a year ($27.51 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $61,380–$71,800.
Do ironworkers make more in Beaumont or Austin?: Austin pays more: the median is $57,220 in Beaumont and $59,980 in Austin, a 5% difference.
How does Beaumont pay compare with the rest of Texas?: The Beaumont median of $57,220 is 10% 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 13140 (Beaumont-Port Arthur, 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 (90.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures