Salary Data/Ironworker by State/Midwest/Wisconsin/Milwaukee

Ironworker Salary in Milwaukee

Metro area wage data from the BLS OEWS program (May 2025), with collectively bargained journey-level scale from Ironworkers Local 8, effective June 2026.

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Market Context

Ironworkers Local 8 is the union local for ironworkers in Milwaukee; its Southern Area takes in southeastern Wisconsin from its hall and apprenticeship office on West Adler Lane. Wisconsin has no state prevailing wage law, so prevailing wage requirements apply only to federally funded construction.

Union Scale

Ironworkers Local 8 journeyman ironworker Journey-Level Rate

Journey-Level Hourly

$49.50

Effective June 2026

Base wage: $49.50/hr

Benefit contribution: $35.17/hr

Total package: $84.67/hr

Journey-Level Annual

$102,960

Based on 2,080 hrs / year

vs. BLS Area Median

+$7,230

Union scale vs. all-worker median

Union scale reflects the Ironworkers Local 8 journeyman ironworker journey-level rate under the current collective bargaining agreement. The BLS area median reflects all ironworkers across all employment types and experience levels.

JATC Information

Training Center	Ironworkers Local 8 Apprenticeship Office
Address	12034 West Adler Lane, Milwaukee, WI 53214
Phone	(414) 476-9372
Website	iwl8.org
Minimum Score	Not published

Area Wage Data

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

Median Annual

$95,730

+$32,950 vs. national

Median Hourly

$46.02

vs. Wisconsin

+$3,578

vs. state average

Total Employed

240

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	$95,730
Annual Mean Wage	$85,920
Hourly Median Wage	$46.02
Hourly Mean Wage	$41.31
Total Employed	240
Area Type	Metropolitan Area

Pre-apprenticeship programs in Wisconsin

Milwaukee Academy of Science
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Other Ironworker Markets in Wisconsin

South Central Wisconsin (Non-Metro)

$91,140

Non-Metro

Western Wisconsin (Non-Metro)

$79,460

Non-Metro

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Union Rates in Wisconsin and Within 300 Miles

Up to six other metros in Wisconsin, 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 383

Madison

$44.00/hr

Journey-level · Davis-Bacon determination

Journey-level · CBA rate

Effective June 2026

Ironworkers Local 1

Chicago