Home / Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers / Best Cities Best Cities for Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workerss Cities ranked by purchasing power — where reinforcing iron and rebar workerss get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.
How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.
# Location Score Raw Salary Adjusted Salary Rent/Income 1 Wisconsin State 2.23 $121,620 $131,766 11% 2 Illinois State 1.84 $105,580 $108,398 15% 3 New Jersey State 1.81 $116,110 $106,719 19% 4 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro 1.77 $118,970 $104,086 22% 5 Nevada State 1.73 $102,130 $101,926 17% 6 Washington State 1.72 $108,970 $101,556 21% 7 Michigan State 1.68 $91,220 $98,830 15% 8 Oregon State 1.54 $93,490 $90,767 20% 9 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro 1.50 $95,670 $88,748 22% 10 New York State 1.48 $98,040 $87,147 23% 11 Louisiana State 1.33 $70,700 $78,468 18% 12 Pennsylvania State 1.31 $74,670 $76,979 21% 13 Kentucky State 1.28 $66,830 $75,514 17% 14 Indiana State 1.21 $64,650 $71,436 20% 15 Nebraska State 1.17 $62,920 $68,765 20% 16 Missouri State 1.14 $59,410 $67,054 21% 17 Tennessee State 1.07 $57,920 $63,301 26% 18 Alaska State 1.00 $61,480 $58,945 27% 19 New Mexico State 1.00 $54,080 $58,783 23% 20 Arizona State 0.98 $58,230 $57,711 31% 21 California State 0.97 $63,110 $57,010 43% 22 Oklahoma State 0.97 $50,370 $56,915 23% 23 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro 0.97 $60,450 $57,136 33% 24 Maryland State 0.96 $61,640 $56,447 33% 25 North Carolina State 0.93 $51,690 $54,756 30% 26 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro 0.93 $61,760 $54,752 39% 27 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro 0.92 $62,990 $54,069 43% 28 Arkansas State 0.90 $45,700 $52,955 23% 29 Colorado State 0.90 $56,160 $53,283 39% 30 Texas State 0.90 $50,650 $52,981 33% 31 Virginia State 0.90 $55,120 $53,256 34% 32 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro 0.89 $50,910 $52,377 37% 33 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro 0.87 $50,810 $51,584 41% 34 Georgia State 0.86 $47,480 $50,835 36% 35 Alabama State 0.85 $43,640 $50,103 26% 36 Florida State 0.84 $50,500 $49,754 41% 37 Utah State 0.83 $49,040 $48,942 37% 38 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro 0.83 $47,480 $49,050 41% 39 Mississippi State 0.80 $39,860 $47,005 27% 40 South Carolina State 0.76 $41,020 $44,587 37% 41 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro 0.76 $48,570 $44,765 50%
Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).