Salary Data/Ironworker by State/Northeast/Connecticut/Bridgeport

Ironworker Salary in Bridgeport

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from Ironworkers Local 424, effective June 2025.

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Market Context

Ironworkers Local 424 is the union local for ironworkers in the Bridgeport area, with its union hall and apprenticeship committee on Bernhard Road in North Haven. The committee is the Southern District of Connecticut's ironworker JATC.

→The negotiated rate took effect in June 2025

Union Scale

Ironworkers Local 424 journeyman ironworker Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$45.25

Effective June 2025

Base wage: $45.25/hr

Benefit contribution: $43.62/hr

Total package: $88.87/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$94,120

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

+$0

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the Ironworkers Local 424 journeyman ironworker journey-level rate from the applicable Davis-Bacon wage determination. The BLS area median reflects all ironworkers across all employment types and experience levels.

JATC Information

Training Center	Southern District of CT Iron Workers Local Union No. 424 JATC
Address	15 Bernhard Road, North Haven, CT 06473
Phone	(203) 640-5330
Website	ironworkers424.org
Minimum Score	Not published

Area Wage Data

All ironworkers, union and non-union, all experience levels

Median Annual

$94,120

+$31,340 vs. national

Median Hourly

$45.25

vs. Connecticut

+$20,330

vs. state average

Total Employed

In this area

Full Wage Breakdown

All ironworkers, union and non-union, all experience levels. Wage figures only, employer-paid benefits, pension contributions, and health and welfare are not included.

Annual Median Wage	$94,120
Annual Mean Wage	$80,600
Hourly Median Wage	$45.25
Hourly Mean Wage	$38.75
Total Employed	30
Area Type	Metropolitan Area

Pre-apprenticeship programs in Connecticut

CT DOC/Building Trades Pre-Release Training Pilot
Hartford
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Naugatuck High School - Pilot Program
Naugatuck
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Torrington High School
Torrington
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Union Rates in Connecticut and Within 300 Miles

Up to six other metros in Connecticut, nearest first, then metros in other states within 300 miles. Journey-level rates are sourced from Davis-Bacon wage determinations, state prevailing wage determinations, or, where a local publishes one directly, its own collective bargaining agreement.

Ironworkers Local 424

New Haven

$45.25/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Effective June 2025

Ironworkers Local 40

New York