11 listings on file
Ironworker programs in California
No sponsor in California has published a wage scale, so we can name the 11 registered apprenticeships below but not what they pay. That is a gap in the public record, not a verdict on which is the better deal.
What the job pays in California
$76,370median, per year
This is what structural iron and steel workers earn across California, half above and half below. It is an experienced-worker figure, not a starting wage. Nationally the median is $62,780.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, SOC 47-2221 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26
50-mile radius
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Name and place only
Also registered in California · 11
11 sponsors appear in the federal register for this trade. It records that they exist and where, and nothing about pay, cost or intake. To reach one, search its name on the apprenticeship.gov partner finder, or call your state apprenticeship office.
- Int. Assoc. Bridge Struc. Orn. Reinf. Ironworkers Local 377 SF · BENICIA, CA
- Int. Assoc. Bridge Struc. Orn. Reinf. Ironworkers Local 378 · Bencia, CA
- INT. ASSOC. BRIDGE STRUCT. ORN. REINF. IRONWORKERS · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Int. Assoc. Bridge Struct. Orn. Reinf. Ironworkers Local Union 377 SJ · BENICIA, CA
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL, AND REINFORCING IRONWORKERS, LOCAL 118 J.A.T.C. · SACRAMENTO, CA
- IRONWORKERS LOCAL 118 JATC · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Ironworkers Local 155, Fresno · Fresno, CA
- NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SHOP IRONWORKERS J.A.C. · WOODBRIDGE, CA
- The International Association of Bridge & Structural Ironworkers - Local 229 · SAN DIEGO, CA
- The International Association of Bridge & Structural Ironworkers - Local 416 · LA PALMA, CA
- The International Association of Bridge & Structural Ironworkers - Local 433 · LA PALMA, CA
Requirements, the test, timing
How to actually get in
Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.
How to get into an ironworker apprenticeship11 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.