Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer Salary: United States

What do these published wages mean for an offer?

Skilled Trades Headhunters reads the May 2025 figures for Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer in National as an offer reference, not a quote for a particular candidate. For Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer in National, the published median for SOC 47-2171, Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers, is $58,970 per year. The middle half of the Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer in National wage distribution runs from $47,990 to $77,320, a width of $29,330 per year; that spread shows how much published pay varies within the occupation and area, without assigning experience levels.

For the national Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer comparison, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX reports $51,860 per year while New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ reports $101,890 per year; these are the largest-employment metros with published medians for the occupation, rather than neighboring places to a national estimate. The United States Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer figure pools markets with different work scopes and schedules, so use the area table before setting a local offer.

The highest published medians among the selected national industry rows for Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers, read alongside Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer in National, are Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing at $100,560 per year (NAICS 332000); Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only) at $100,560 per year (NAICS 3320A2); Manufacturing at $89,190 per year (NAICS 31-33). Those Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer in National industry comparisons are national cross-sections, not local industry estimates; BLS does not give us a metro-by-industry wage cut here, and overlapping industry groups should not be added together.

The Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer in National median was $59,280 per year in May 2024, compared with $58,970 in May 2025, a published difference of -$310. That Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer in National comparison is between separate BLS releases, not the raise paid to the same workers or a projection of next year's offer. Read the $59,280 and $58,970 Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer in National estimates with both dates visible, because the employers and workers represented by the survey can change.

Before offering $58,970 per year for Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer in National, separate overtime, per diem, lodging and mobilization separately; prevailing wage obligations and union scale depend on the assignment and agreement, not a special BLS traveling-worker percentile. The Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer in National BLS comparison includes ordinary wages and qualifying incentive pay, but leaves overtime, discretionary bonuses, benefits and relocation outside this wage figure. A candidate's take-home pay and the employer's total cost for Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer in National can therefore differ from the median without either number being an error.

The mapping for Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer in National is broader: BLS groups Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer within Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers; it does not publish this niche title or credential level separately. When calibrating a Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer in National opening, the work checks include Reads placing drawings and bar lists; PTI Unbonded PT Installer Level 1 or 2; ask for evidence of that scope instead of using a percentile as a substitute for qualification. A broader occupation can combine jobs that a Rodbuster / Post-Tension Installer in National buyer would screen separately, which is why the badge and SOC remain beside the figures.

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