Boilermakers salary
The median pay for boilermakers in the United States is $76,410 a year. About 10,190 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $50,490
- 25th percentile
- $64,760
- Median percentile
- $76,410
- 75th percentile
- $95,430
- 90th percentile
- $110,370
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- California $118,150
- Mississippi $105,910
- New Mexico $101,200
- Illinois $99,730
- Wisconsin $97,590
- Minnesota $96,190
- Washington $95,200
- Indiana $91,410
- Colorado $89,350
- Idaho $88,400
- Pennsylvania $86,850
- Ohio $85,550
- New Hampshire $85,470
- New York $84,770
- Iowa $82,470
- New Jersey $82,410
- Connecticut $80,360
- Missouri $78,550
- Arizona $77,940
- Wyoming $77,900
- Arkansas $76,810
- Texas $75,750
- Kentucky $74,810
- Louisiana $73,980
- Kansas $72,170
- Florida $69,790
- Virginia $67,540
- West Virginia $63,850
- Alabama $63,570
- Nevada $61,430
- Tennessee $51,810
- North Carolina $49,720
- Maryland $42,250
By metro area
- San Francisco, CA $135,290
- Los Angeles, CA $110,370
- Chicago, IL $109,640
- Toledo, OH $107,780
- St. Louis, MO $94,640
- Pittsburgh, PA $91,420
- Cleveland, OH $90,980
- Philadelphia, PA $86,910
- New York, NY $82,420
- New Orleans, LA $77,290
- Houston, TX $77,090
- Baton Rouge, LA $74,730
- Beaumont, TX $73,060
- Lafayette, LA $70,720
- Virginia Beach, VA $68,350
- Huntington, WV $67,010
- Corpus Christi, TX $64,660
- Decatur, AL $64,060
- Knoxville, TN $51,430