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Structural Iron and Steel Workers
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.
What a structural iron and steel worker does
Become a structural iron and steel worker
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good structural iron and steel worker
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $55 per hour with a typical salary of $88,300 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $36 and $64 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $12,800 and $78,100 per year.
- 35% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $56 per hour with a typical salary of $57,000 per year.
- 73.5% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Structural Iron And Steel Worker job outlook
- There are 2,150 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 238 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 9% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 18% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.