Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

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.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
131,300	2.1 %	$26.19	$54,480	0.9 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$14.07	$17.80	$24.23	$32.10	$42.34
Annual Wage (2)	$29,260	$37,020	$50,400	$66,770	$88,070

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

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

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Building Equipment Contractors	60,450	2.71	$28.55	$59,380
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only)	19,680	4.01	$22.48	$46,770
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors	18,420	1.97	$23.77	$49,450
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	6,660	0.33	$27.65	$57,510
Employment Services	3,910	0.11	$21.42	$44,550

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only)	19,680	4.01	$22.48	$46,770
Building Equipment Contractors	60,450	2.71	$28.55	$59,380
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors	18,420	1.97	$23.77	$49,450
Ship and Boat Building	2,070	1.47	$25.91	$53,890
Rail Transportation	1,570	0.67	$30.95	$64,380

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	350	0.01	$41.36	$86,030
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	30	0.01	$40.88	$85,020
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	40	(7)	$40.45	$84,140
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	70	0.02	$36.91	$76,780
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	210	0.01	$35.05	$72,900

Geographic profile for this occupation: Top

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

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	12,410	0.71	0.80	$29.46	$61,270
Texas	10,130	0.82	0.91	$21.11	$43,910
Florida	8,240	0.94	1.05	$19.97	$41,540
New York	6,720	0.71	0.79	$35.02	$72,850
Illinois	5,400	0.90	1.00	$33.31	$69,280

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Oklahoma	3,410	2.11	2.36	$24.33	$50,600
Oregon	3,090	1.62	1.81	$28.45	$59,180
Missouri	4,310	1.53	1.71	$29.75	$61,880
Utah	2,080	1.38	1.55	$26.54	$55,200
Indiana	4,070	1.32	1.48	$26.72	$55,580

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Hawaii	780	1.23	1.37	$38.38	$79,830
New York	6,720	0.71	0.79	$35.02	$72,850
West Virginia	760	1.09	1.21	$33.52	$69,710
Illinois	5,400	0.90	1.00	$33.31	$69,280
Washington	4,270	1.29	1.44	$32.43	$67,450

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

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	6,530	0.68	0.76	$35.47	$73,780
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	4,140	0.89	0.99	$34.61	$71,990
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	3,810	0.61	0.68	$26.13	$54,350
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	3,340	0.91	1.02	$20.95	$43,580
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	2,680	1.32	1.48	$34.52	$71,800
St. Louis, MO-IL	2,590	1.89	2.11	$31.81	$66,170
Oklahoma City, OK	2,520	4.02	4.50	$25.95	$53,970
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	2,500	1.18	1.32	$21.54	$44,800
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	2,440	0.87	0.98	$29.97	$62,340
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	2,390	0.78	0.88	$21.74	$45,220

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	280	7.35	8.22	$32.42	$67,430
New Bern, NC	270	6.17	6.90	$25.57	$53,180
Yuba City, CA	250	5.50	6.15	$28.63	$59,540
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA	420	4.64	5.20	$27.62	$57,450
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	610	4.44	4.97	$20.75	$43,160
St. Joseph, MO-KS	230	4.34	4.86	$26.35	$54,800
Oklahoma City, OK	2,520	4.02	4.50	$25.95	$53,970
Ogden-Clearfield, UT	990	3.77	4.22	$26.17	$54,440
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS	450	2.99	3.34	$25.70	$53,450
Lynchburg, VA	290	2.82	3.16	$16.94	$35,240