How much should a steel building erector make?

More commonly known as Iron Workers; a union iron worker makes about $37 per hour plus benefits, vacation, pension, workmen's compensation which is extremely expensive at about $16 per hour. Include the profit and overhead of the company he works for' and your up to about $95 an hour. Multiply this by an 8 man crew. This works out to $6,080 per day. Also add for the crane, welding machines, work truck, etc. A typical crew can install about 60 beams and columns in a day. Bottom line, it's very expensive.