DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Position and secure steel bars or mesh in concrete forms in order to reinforce concrete. Use a variety of fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, and hand tools. Includes rod busters.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minnesota	280	49	$33.58/hr	$2.18/hr	$20.31/hr	$31.66/hr	$35.23/hr	$38.81/hr	$44.15/hr
U S	18,870	1,076	$26.66/hr	$0.61/hr	$16.06/hr	$19.09/hr	$23.95/hr	$31.50/hr	$43.80/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Other Regional Data For Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  Duluth MN-WI MSA 20 $35.92/hr N/A St Cloud MN MSA N/A N/A N/A Northwest Balance of State N/A N/A N/A Southwest Balance of State N/A N/A N/A Fargo ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A Southeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA N/A N/A N/A La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A

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• Determines number, sizes, shapes, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions.
• Selects and places rods in forms, spacing and fastening them together, using wire and pliers.
• Bends steel rods with hand tools and rodbending machine.
• Cuts rods to required lengths, using hacksaw, bar cutters, or acetylene torch.
• Reinforces concrete with wire mesh.
• Welds reinforcing bars together, using arch-welding equipment.