How much do Structural Iron and Steel Workers make in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA?

Percentile spread

For Structural Iron and Steel Workers, the published 10th percentile is $51,880 and the 90th percentile is $99,680. The difference is $47,800, which is 63.4% 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 $61,920 to the 75th at $83,630, covers $21,710.

The mean annual wage is $76,600, which sits above the median of $75,380. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA median is 20.1% higher than the national median of $62,780 for Structural Iron and Steel Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $69,936, which is 11.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.3% lower than the California median of $76,370.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA is 107.784, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,380 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Structural Iron and Steel Workers at $69,936 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Structural Iron and Steel Workers. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA ranks 7th of 8 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Vallejo, CA is 56 miles away, with a median of $106,900 and employment of 150. That median is 41.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $98,544, against $69,936 here.
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 63 miles away, with a median of $87,340 and employment of 800. That median is 15.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,545, against $69,936 here.
• Stockton-Lodi, CA is 99 miles away, with a median of $74,890 and employment of 170. That median is 0.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,263, against $69,936 here.

Employment share

Structural Iron and Steel Workers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA (60 of 205,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (68,380 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.66 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.