Salary Data/Ironworker by State/Mid-Atlantic/Pennsylvania/Pittsburgh

Ironworker Salary in Pittsburgh

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with Davis-Bacon journey-level scale from Ironworkers Local 3, effective June 2023.

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Market Context

Ironworkers Local 3 is the union local for ironworkers in the Pittsburgh area, with structural, ornamental, reinforcing and rigging work. Its apprenticeship training center is on Liberty Avenue. Pennsylvania's prevailing wage law applies to public construction.

Union Scale

Ironworkers Local 3 journeyman ironworker Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$38.89

Effective June 2023

Rate reflects the most recent available Davis-Bacon determination (effective June 2023). Contact the local directly for current negotiated scale.

Base wage: $38.89/hr

Benefit contribution: $34.54/hr

Total package: $73.43/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$80,891

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

-$1,969

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the Ironworkers Local 3 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	Ironworkers Local 3 Apprenticeship Training Center
Address	2315 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone	(412) 471-4535
Website	iwlocal3.com
Minimum Score	Not published

Area Wage Data

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

Median Annual

$82,860

+$20,080 vs. national

Median Hourly

$39.84

vs. Pennsylvania

+$717

vs. state average

Total Employed

370

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	$82,860
Annual Mean Wage	$81,060
Hourly Median Wage	$39.84
Hourly Mean Wage	$38.97
Total Employed	370
Area Type	Metropolitan Area

Pre-apprenticeship programs in Pennsylvania

Builders Guild of Western PA
Pittsburgh
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Union Rates in Pennsylvania and Within 300 Miles

Up to six other metros in Pennsylvania, 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 404

Lancaster

$37.26/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Effective July 2024 · More than two years old

Ironworkers Local 404

Reading

$37.26/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Effective July 2024 · More than two years old

Ironworkers Local 404

Scranton