Ironworker Salary in Baton Rouge
Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from Ironworkers Local 623, effective July 2025.
How to become an ironworker →Figures come from public sources and may not match the current contract; confirm with the local before making decisions.
Ironworkers Local 623 is the union local for ironworkers in Baton Rouge, with its hall on Airline Highway; its jurisdiction takes in East Baton Rouge Parish along with most of Louisiana's parishes and much of Mississippi. The rate shown is the structural classification; the reinforcing classification carries the same rate.
Ironworkers Local 623 journeyman ironworker Journey-Level Rate
Union scale reflects the Ironworkers Local 623 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.
| Training Center | Ironworkers Local 623 |
| Address | 6153 Airline Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA 70805 |
| Phone | (225) 357-3262 |
| Website | ironworkerslocal623.org |
| Minimum Score | Not published |
All ironworkers, union and non-union, all experience levels
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 | $73,470 |
| Annual Mean Wage | $65,640 |
| Hourly Median Wage | $35.32 |
| Hourly Mean Wage | $31.56 |
| Total Employed | 390 |
| Area Type | Metropolitan Area |
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No other Louisiana metro has a published rate yet. These are the nearest metros in other states, within 300 miles, nearest first. 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.
Union rates in every metro we cover →Source: BLS OEWS May 2025 (SOC 47-2221). How we build these figures →