Structural Iron and Steel Workers

This post summarizes key statistics on Structural Iron and Steel Workers using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.

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Income Over Career
Top Industries
Education Distribution
Top Majors
Weekly Hours Distribution

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Age	IncMed
20	30,898
25	48,617
30	59,375
35	61,795
40	67,192
45	61,239
50	73,300
55	56,704
60	58,972
65	51,859

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	9.9
High School Degree	48.0
Some College, No Degree	27.3
Associate's Degree	8.7
Bachelor's Degree	5.7
Master's Degree	0.3
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.2
PhD	0.0

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	2.20
20-39	8.80
39-41	63.00
41-50	17.40
50-60	7.00
More than 60	1.50

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Structural Iron and Steel Workers.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
74.80	64,748	All construction
5.20	34,572	Advertising
5.00	43,256	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries
4.90	52,940	Fabricated structural metal products
2.50	56,591	Blast furnaces, steelworks, rolling and finishing mills
0.90	48,617	Miscellaneous fabricated metal products
0.60	58,341	Labor unions
0.50	31,764	Printing, publishing, and allied industries, except newspapers
0.40	110,004	Electric light and power
0.40	7,372	Miscellaneous wholesale, durable goods

This table highlights the top industries people working as Structural Iron and Steel Workers work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Structural Iron and Steel Workers. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
93.80	No 4-Year Degree	58,705
0.60	Liberal Arts	48,617
0.50	Construction Services	73,300
0.40	Criminal Justice and Fire Protection	79,385
0.30	Environmental Science	36,650
0.30	Chemistry	30,898
0.30	Business Management and Administration	47,034
0.20	Forestry	79,385
0.20	Elementary Education	124,748
0.20	Special Needs Education	56,704

This table highlights the top majors people working as Structural Iron and Steel Workers received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Structural Iron and Steel Workers. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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