DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

47-2221 Structural Iron and Steel Workers

Occupational Description:
Raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. May erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings. Excludes ?Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers? (47-2171).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Central Minnesota 16042$23.38/hr$1.18/hr$16.55/hr$18.44/hr$23.65/hr$28.05/hr$30.37/hr
Minnesota 830200$28.74/hr$1.29/hr$16.51/hr$20.44/hr$29.59/hr$35.89/hr$39.75/hr
U S 76,5702,067$28.87/hr$0.29/hr$16.00/hr$19.84/hr$26.85/hr$36.84/hr$46.66/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Other Regional Data For Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2020 - 2030
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 430 $33.78/hr 6.4%
Central Minnesota 160 $23.65/hr N/A
Southwest Minnesota 80 $19.94/hr N/A
Northwest Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Southeast Minnesota N/A $22.42/hr N/A
Northeast Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
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Carpenters2,020$25.74/hr2.1%
Pipelayers180$32.82/hr-0.8%
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians50$30.94/hr1.6%
Helpers--Carpenters40$17.68/hrN/A
Riggers20$40.67/hrN/A
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except BrickmasonsN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Structural Iron and Steel Workers