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

The median hourly wage is $27.75. The middle half earn between $24.75 and $38.05 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice ironworkers make in Sherman, TX?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.92 an hour ($41,430 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.75.

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

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $57,720 a year ($27.75 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $79,150–$98,960.

Do ironworkers make more in Sherman or Austin?

Austin pays more: the median is $57,720 in Sherman and $59,980 in Austin, a 4% difference.

How does Sherman pay compare with the rest of Texas?

The Sherman median of $57,720 is 10% more than the Texas median of $52,240.

Ironworker salary in Sherman, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Ironworkers in the Sherman–Denison, TX area earn a median of $57,720 a year, or $27.75 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $98,960. That's 10% more than the Texas median of $52,240.

Median yearly pay$57,720

Bottom 10% under$41,430Top 10% over$98,960

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $19.92/hr
Jobs in this area: 60
After cost of living: $61,550
Median hourly pay: $27.75/hr
vs U.S. median: −8%
vs Texas median: +10%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 43300, Sherman-Denison, 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	$41,430–$51,470$19.92–$24.75/hr
Journeyman	$57,720$27.75/hr
Top earners	$79,150–$98,960$38.05–$47.58/hr

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

How Sherman, TX compares

Sherman ranks 4th of 13 Texas metro areas for ironworker pay.
Ironworkers are more concentrated in the Sherman area than nationally: 1.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.6 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $98,960, is 2.4 times the 10th-percentile wage, $41,430: 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 Sherman, TX?: Ironworkers in the Sherman–Denison, TX area earn a median of $57,720 a year, or $27.75 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $98,960.
How much do ironworkers make an hour in Sherman, TX?: The median hourly wage is $27.75. The middle half earn between $24.75 and $38.05 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice ironworkers make in Sherman, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.92 an hour ($41,430 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.75.
How much does a journeyman ironworker make in Sherman, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $57,720 a year ($27.75 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $79,150–$98,960.
Do ironworkers make more in Sherman or Austin?: Austin pays more: the median is $57,720 in Sherman and $59,980 in Austin, a 4% difference.
How does Sherman pay compare with the rest of Texas?: The Sherman median of $57,720 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 43300 (Sherman-Denison, 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 (93.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures