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Structural Iron and Steel Workers salary in Boston, MA

The median structural iron and steel workers in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $120,840 a year, 92% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $7,317 a month.

10th percentile
$81,000
25th percentile
$110,830
Median percentile
$120,840
75th percentile
$126,500
90th percentile
$128,600

Based on 1,310 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$87,799 take-home a year
Gross pay$120,840
Federal income tax−$17,755
Social Security + Medicare−$9,244
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$6,042
Monthly take-home$7,317
Every two weeks$3,377

Does it go far here?

$111,614Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
28%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,023 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Boston, MA

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$386,300
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Natural Sciences Managers$291,000
Family Medicine Physicians$284,010
General Internal Medicine Physicians$243,230
Nurse Anesthetists$239,200
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$235,460
Physicians, All Other$229,870

All structural iron and steel workers salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts