SOC 47-2171 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025
How much do Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers make in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY is $84,300. The 10th percentile is $74,570 and the 90th percentile is $116,800. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$84,300
- 10th percentile
- $74,570
- 25th percentile
- $80,920
- Median
- $84,300
- 75th percentile
- $111,950
- 90th percentile
- $116,800
- Mean
- $87,660
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers, the published 10th percentile is $74,570 and the 90th percentile is $116,800. The difference is $42,230, which is 50.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $80,920 to the 75th at $111,950, covers $31,030.
The mean annual wage is $87,660, which sits above the median of $84,300. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY median is 43% higher than the national median of $58,970 for Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $87,955, which is 49.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 14% lower than the New York median of $98,040.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY is 95.844, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $84,300 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers at $87,955 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Highest-paying jobs in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers make in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY is $84,300. The 10th percentile is $74,570 and the 90th percentile is $116,800.
How does that compare with the national median for Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers?
The local median is 43% higher than the national median of $58,970.
What is Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers pay in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY is 95.844, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $84,300 is $87,955. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.