Ironworker programs in Iowa

6 registered apprenticeships, and no trade schools. Almost everyone enters this trade through a paid apprenticeship rather than a college programme, so there is nothing to compare against.

What the job pays in Iowa

$77,400median, per year

This is what structural iron and steel workers earn across Iowa, 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

Paid apprenticeships · 6

These pay you from day one. No tuition.

Kingland Construction

Structural Steel Worker (Alternate Titles: Ironworker Or Structural Ironworker)

Paid apprenticeship

Forest City, IA

Tuition

Paid employment

Intake not published

No website on record. Search the name on apprenticeship.gov.Full detailIowa Workforce Development, Registered Apprenticeship Sponsors by Occupation

Southeast Iowa Iron Workers LU 577

Structural Steel Worker (Alternate Titles: Ironworker Or Structural Ironworker)

Paid apprenticeship

Keokuk, IA

Tuition

Paid employment

Intake not published

No website on record. Search the name on apprenticeship.gov.Full detailIowa Workforce Development, Registered Apprenticeship Sponsors by Occupation

NE Iowa Ironworkers JATC Local Union 89

Structural Steel Worker (Alternate Titles: Ironworker Or Structural Ironworker)

Paid apprenticeship

Cedar Rapids, IA

Tuition

Paid employment

Intake not published

No website on record. Search the name on apprenticeship.gov.Full detailIowa Workforce Development, Registered Apprenticeship Sponsors by Occupation

Ironworkers JATC LU 67

Structural Steel Worker (Alternate Titles: Ironworker Or Structural Ironworker)

Paid apprenticeship

Des Moines, IA

Tuition

Paid employment

Intake not published

No website on record. Search the name on apprenticeship.gov.Full detailIowa Workforce Development, Registered Apprenticeship Sponsors by Occupation

Keen Project Solutions (ABC)

Structural Steel Worker (Alternate Titles: Ironworker Or Structural Ironworker)

Paid apprenticeship

Ankeny, IA

Tuition

Paid employment

Intake not published

No website on record. Search the name on apprenticeship.gov.Full detailIowa Workforce Development, Registered Apprenticeship Sponsors by Occupation

Sioux City Iron Workers JATC LU 21

Structural Steel Worker (Alternate Titles: Ironworker Or Structural Ironworker)

Paid apprenticeship

Sioux City, IA

Tuition

Paid employment

Intake not published

No website on record. Search the name on apprenticeship.gov.Full detailIowa Workforce Development, Registered Apprenticeship Sponsors by Occupation

How to actually get in

Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.

Applying for an ironworker apprenticeship

6 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.