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Structural Iron and Steel Worker Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of structural iron and steel workers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of structural iron and steel workers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Structural Iron and Steel Workers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$50,180
25th Percentile Wage	$73,930
50th Percentile Wage	$101,920
75th Percentile Wage	$120,020
90th Percentile Wage	$125,410

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for structural iron and steel workers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $125,410. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $101,920. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,180.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of structural iron and steel workers from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$101,920	2.77%	17.95%
2021	$99,100	9.54%	-
2020	$89,650	-3.63%	-
2019	$92,900	0.65%	-
2018	$92,300	0.61%	-
2017	$91,740	0.10%	-
2016	$91,650	-2.01%	-
2015	$93,490	1.73%	-
2014	$91,870	5.92%	-
2013	$86,430	3.24%	-
2012	$83,630	-	-

Table 2. Compare Structural Iron and Steel Worker Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $101,920, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the highest paying city for structural iron and steel workers in state of New York, followed by Kingston (median annual salary $98,900). In comparison, the median annual salary of structural iron and steel workers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 3.0 percent (3.0%) higher than that in Kingston.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$101,920
Kingston	$98,900
Nassau-Suffolk	$96,240
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$88,650
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$81,510
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area	$69,180
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	$68,280
Syracuse	$65,870
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$65,820
Rochester	$64,420
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown	$59,980
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$59,430
Central New York nonmetropolitan area	$56,360
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$30,920