• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022

47-2211 Sheet Metal Workers

Fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment, such as ducts, control boxes, drainpipes, and furnace casings. Work may involve any of the following: setting up and operating fabricating machines to cut, bend, and straighten sheet metal; shaping metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer; operating soldering and welding equipment to join sheet metal parts; or inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces. Includes sheet metal duct installers who install prefabricated sheet metal ducts used for heating, air conditioning, or other purposes.

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National estimates for Sheet Metal Workers
Industry profile for Sheet Metal Workers
Geographic profile for Sheet Metal Workers

National estimates for Sheet Metal Workers:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Sheet Metal Workers:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
120,810	1.8 %	$ 29.47	$ 61,300	0.8 %

Percentile wage estimates for Sheet Metal Workers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 17.10	$ 20.00	$ 26.61	$ 36.74	$ 47.86
Annual Wage (2)	$ 35,570	$ 41,590	$ 55,350	$ 76,410	$ 99,560

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Industry profile for Sheet Metal Workers:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Sheet Metal Workers are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Sheet Metal Workers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Sheet Metal Workers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Building Equipment Contractors	56,420	2.41	$ 32.92	$ 68,480
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only)	18,410	3.79	$ 25.83	$ 53,730
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors	15,550	1.63	$ 25.01	$ 52,030
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation)	5,970	0.29	$ 30.45	$ 63,330
Nonresidential Building Construction	4,090	0.50	$ 28.06	$ 58,360

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Sheet Metal Workers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only)	18,410	3.79	$ 25.83	$ 53,730
Building Equipment Contractors	56,420	2.41	$ 32.92	$ 68,480
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors	15,550	1.63	$ 25.01	$ 52,030
Ship and Boat Building	1,910	1.29	$ 28.15	$ 58,560
Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing	2,020	1.20	$ 28.47	$ 59,210

Top paying industries for Sheet Metal Workers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Scheduled Air Transportation	540	0.12	$ 51.55	$ 107,230
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation)	290	0.01	$ 46.15	$ 96,000
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	30	0.01	$ 46.00	$ 95,670
Utility System Construction	190	0.03	$ 45.09	$ 93,780
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	50	(7)	$ 44.61	$ 92,780

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Geographic profile for Sheet Metal Workers:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Sheet Metal Workers are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Sheet Metal Workers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in Sheet Metal Workers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	11,310	0.64	0.78	$ 39.70	$ 82,580
Texas	8,690	0.67	0.82	$ 24.81	$ 51,600
Florida	7,980	0.87	1.06	$ 22.97	$ 47,780
New York	6,110	0.67	0.82	$ 33.26	$ 69,170
Illinois	4,690	0.80	0.98	$ 38.10	$ 79,250

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Sheet Metal Workers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Oklahoma	2,900	1.80	2.21	$ 27.07	$ 56,300
Maine	900	1.47	1.80	$ 24.02	$ 49,970
Missouri	3,910	1.39	1.70	$ 30.85	$ 64,170
Oregon	2,620	1.38	1.69	$ 32.22	$ 67,010
Delaware	630	1.38	1.68	$ 28.36	$ 58,990

Top paying states for Sheet Metal Workers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Washington	3,310	0.97	1.19	$ 41.40	$ 86,110
Alaska	330	1.08	1.32	$ 41.32	$ 85,940
California	11,310	0.64	0.78	$ 39.70	$ 82,580
Hawaii	550	0.93	1.13	$ 39.25	$ 81,630
Illinois	4,690	0.80	0.98	$ 38.10	$ 79,250

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Sheet Metal Workers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	6,760	0.74	0.90	$ 34.77	$ 72,320
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	3,520	0.80	0.98	$ 39.01	$ 81,140
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	3,020	0.50	0.61	$ 40.25	$ 83,720
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	2,740	0.72	0.88	$ 25.54	$ 53,130
Oklahoma City, OK	2,200	3.50	4.29	$ 27.46	$ 57,110
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	2,150	0.71	0.86	$ 24.93	$ 51,850
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	2,140	0.79	0.96	$ 24.26	$ 50,460
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	1,990	0.90	1.10	$ 22.84	$ 47,520
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	1,940	0.95	1.17	$ 45.82	$ 95,310
St. Louis, MO-IL	1,860	1.42	1.74	$ 34.90	$ 72,590

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Sheet Metal Workers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Warner Robins, GA	1,000	13.22	16.18	$ 28.65	$ 59,580
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	1,750	12.32	15.08	$ 29.71	$ 61,800
Oklahoma City, OK	2,200	3.50	4.29	$ 27.46	$ 57,110
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	420	3.00	3.68	$ 34.38	$ 71,510
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS	440	2.95	3.61	(8)	(8)
Elmira, NY	100	2.87	3.51	$ 28.21	$ 58,680
Ogden-Clearfield, UT	770	2.78	3.40	$ 26.09	$ 54,270
Appleton, WI	330	2.76	3.38	$ 34.71	$ 72,190
Muskegon, MI	170	2.74	3.36	$ 28.90	$ 60,110
Flint, MI	310	2.41	2.95	$ 32.15	$ 66,860