Occupational employment / Sheet metal workers

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Sheet metal workers" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2,950 $21.36 $44,430
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 6,520 $29.46 $61,270
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 5,310 $30.78 $64,020
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 4,580 $16.81 $34,960
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 4,550 $24.43 $50,810
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 4,520 $30.66 $63,780
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 3,580 $32.26 $67,100
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2,850 $15.57 $32,390
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 2,760 $25.26 $52,530
Wichita, KS 2,750 $21.71 $45,160
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2,740 $23.92 $49,750
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2,550 $29.27 $60,890
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 2,490 $21.21 $44,110
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,410 $29.90 $62,180
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 2,350 $25.02 $52,040
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,240 $25.91 $53,880
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2,170 $17.99 $37,420
Oklahoma City, OK 2,140 $21.68 $45,100
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 2,090 $29.70 $61,780
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 2,080 $15.86 $32,980
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2,030 $18.53 $38,540
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 1,890 $18.94 $39,380
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,870 $23.06 $47,970
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,840 $23.34 $48,550
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,810 $18.89 $39,290
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,790 $23.15 $48,150
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,580 $15.81 $32,880
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,570 $21.35 $44,400
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,560 $15.74 $32,740
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 1,560 $22.65 $47,100
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 1,520 $26.62 $55,380
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,440 $27.84 $57,910
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,420 $22.45 $46,700
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,390 $28.32 $58,900
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1,310 $27.33 $56,850
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,230 $19.85 $41,280
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 1,210 $37.87 $78,770
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,210 $26.84 $55,830
Warner Robins, GA 1,190 $21.53 $44,790
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,180 $22.70 $47,210
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,130 $16.97 $35,290
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,130 $22.86 $47,540
Jacksonville, FL 1,110 $18.45 $38,370
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,080 $23.01 $47,860
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,080 $27.10 $56,370
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,040 $25.51 $53,060
Pittsburgh, PA 1,000 $27.42 $57,040
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 990 $16.99 $35,340
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 970 $23.50 $48,880
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 960 $15.84 $32,950
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 950 $21.33 $44,360
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 920 $20.73 $43,120
Albuquerque, NM 890 $19.22 $39,980
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 880 $26.10 $54,300
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 870 $18.06 $37,560
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 860 $26.68 $55,490
Tulsa, OK 850 $14.27 $29,680
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 830 $17.94 $37,320
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 770 $14.82 $30,820
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 770 $28.79 $59,890
Austin-Round Rock, TX 760 $16.50 $34,310
Raleigh-Cary, NC 760 $17.16 $35,690
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 740 $14.94 $31,070
Greensboro-High Point, NC 730 $15.97 $33,210
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 730 $21.63 $45,000
San Antonio, TX 690 $17.79 $36,990
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 660 $13.76 $28,630
Richmond, VA 630 $17.08 $35,530
Salt Lake City, UT 630 $23.60 $49,090
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 620 $20.74 $43,130
Honolulu, HI 610 $26.51 $55,140
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 600 $15.90 $33,070
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 600 $23.15 $48,150
Mobile, AL 590 $16.64 $34,600
Madison, WI 580 $23.10 $48,040
Chattanooga, TN-GA 570 $17.11 $35,580
Rochester, NY 570 $22.59 $46,980
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 540 $18.62 $38,720
Baton Rouge, LA 540 $19.72 $41,020
Greenville, SC 510 $15.37 $31,960
Tucson, AZ 490 $16.72 $34,780
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 470 $27.35 $56,890
Columbus, OH 470 $22.33 $46,450
Toledo, OH 460 $26.68 $55,500
Reno-Sparks, NV 460 $20.98 $43,640
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 450 $22.20 $46,170
Corpus Christi, TX 450 $23.54 $48,960
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 450 $22.39 $46,560
Springfield, MO 440 $16.17 $33,630
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 430 $29.84 $62,060
Lancaster, PA 430 $24.80 $51,590
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 430 $29.60 $61,560
Fort Wayne, IN 430 $20.92 $43,500
Winston-Salem, NC 430 $16.17 $33,630
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 420 $23.02 $47,890
Eugene-Springfield, OR 410 $24.88 $51,750
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 400 $21.49 $44,710
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 400 $23.74 $49,380
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 390 $18.02 $37,490
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 380 $19.63 $40,840
Knoxville, TN 370 $19.97 $41,530
Colorado Springs, CO 360 $23.40 $48,670
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 360 $15.73 $32,710
Anchorage, AK 360 $27.01 $56,190
Visalia-Porterville, CA 360 $12.30 $25,590
Cedar Rapids, IA 350 $22.01 $45,780
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 350 $33.75 $70,190
Rockford, IL 350 $25.31 $52,640
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 350 $26.78 $55,710
St. Cloud, MN 350 $23.46 $48,800
Charleston, WV 350 $18.29 $38,030
Savannah, GA 350 $16.35 $34,000
Appleton, WI 340 $23.35 $48,560
Columbia, SC 340 $14.67 $30,520
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 340 $9.17 $19,070
Fresno, CA 340 $25.96 $54,000
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 330 $18.89 $39,300
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 330 $22.76 $47,350
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 320 $22.36 $46,510
Dayton, OH 310 $21.75 $45,240
Spokane, WA 310 $17.95 $37,340
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 300 $17.19 $35,750
Springfield, MA-CT 300 $22.90 $47,640
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 300 $17.51 $36,430
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 290 $18.54 $38,560
Flint, MI 290 $33.26 $69,180
Stockton, CA 290 $21.06 $43,800
Worcester, MA-CT 280 $23.76 $49,420
El Paso, TX 280 $11.85 $24,640
Bakersfield, CA 280 $22.68 $47,170
Asheville, NC 280 $14.40 $29,960
Grand Junction, CO 270 $19.83 $41,250
Jackson, MS 260 $14.42 $30,000
Manchester, NH 260 $19.01 $39,550
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 260 $15.15 $31,510
Reading, PA 260 $25.83 $53,730
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 260 $20.51 $42,660
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 250 $17.29 $35,960
Provo-Orem, UT 250 $14.28 $29,690
Wilmington, NC 250 $14.92 $31,040
New Haven, CT 240 $22.50 $46,790
Lynchburg, VA 240 $14.76 $30,700
Salinas, CA 240 $29.82 $62,010
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 240 $27.04 $56,240
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 230 $27.52 $57,240
Roanoke, VA 230 $15.38 $31,990
Fort Smith, AR-OK 230 $13.47 $28,020
Green Bay, WI 230 $19.93 $41,440
Sioux Falls, SD 220 $15.08 $31,360
Athens-Clarke County, GA 220 $14.27 $29,680
York-Hanover, PA 220 $20.79 $43,240
Gainesville, GA 210 $13.75 $28,590
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 210 $18.27 $37,990
Durham, NC 200 $13.57 $28,230
Olympia, WA 200 $28.52 $59,310
Jefferson City, MO 200 $23.28 $48,430
Evansville, IN-KY 190 $20.87 $43,420
Montgomery, AL 190 $21.50 $44,710
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 190 $26.29 $54,680
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 190 $16.94 $35,230
Canton-Massillon, OH 190 $18.74 $38,970
Lake Charles, LA 180 $17.94 $37,320
Fayetteville, NC 180 $14.94 $31,070
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 180 $19.94 $41,480
Anderson, SC 180 $16.71 $34,760
Decatur, AL 170 $16.05 $33,370
Pueblo, CO 170 $13.13 $27,310
Tuscaloosa, AL 170 $15.22 $31,670
Lakeland, FL 170 $13.94 $28,990
Lincoln, NE 170 $18.15 $37,750
Jacksonville, NC 170 $12.30 $25,580
Champaign-Urbana, IL 170 $30.94 $64,350
Fargo, ND-MN 160 $17.53 $36,460
Modesto, CA 160 $20.86 $43,390
Racine, WI 160 $23.08 $48,010
Gadsden, AL 160 $14.32 $29,790
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 160 $18.09 $37,620
Fond du Lac, WI 160 $24.26 $50,450
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 160 $14.42 $30,000
Hot Springs, AR 160 $13.96 $29,050
Florence, SC 150 $14.60 $30,380
Duluth, MN-WI 150 $26.17 $54,430
Erie, PA 150 $23.66 $49,210
Bend, OR 150 $18.32 $38,100
Boulder, CO 150 $20.13 $41,880
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 140 $22.80 $47,420
Grand Forks, ND-MN 140 $19.11 $39,740
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 140 $21.14 $43,970
Topeka, KS 140 $20.39 $42,410
Charlottesville, VA 140 $15.59 $32,420
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 130 $11.92 $24,800
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 130 $19.14 $39,820
Monroe, LA 120 $16.05 $33,390
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 120 $15.53 $32,310
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 120 $30.78 $64,010
Danville, VA 120 $12.76 $26,540
Yuma, AZ 120 $13.67 $28,440
Lexington-Fayette, KY 120 $18.79 $39,090
Harrisonburg, VA 120 $16.59 $34,510
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 120 $22.29 $46,370
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 120 $26.75 $55,630
Napa, CA 120 $23.60 $49,090
Ann Arbor, MI 110 $31.14 $64,770
Huntsville, AL 110 $18.81 $39,120
Greenville, NC 110 $14.41 $29,970
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 110 $18.72 $38,930
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 110 $20.97 $43,620
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 110 $26.94 $56,040
Spartanburg, SC 110 $15.28 $31,780
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 110 $15.09 $31,380
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 110 $14.07 $29,260
Lafayette, LA 110 $14.84 $30,860
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 110 $24.51 $50,980
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 110 $15.93 $33,140
Bloomington-Normal, IL 110 $27.51 $57,220
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 100 $19.61 $40,790
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 100 $17.31 $36,010
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 100 $26.87 $55,900
Dothan, AL 100 $14.18 $29,490
Terre Haute, IN 90 $23.44 $48,750
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 90 $18.08 $37,620
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 90 $23.27 $48,400
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 90 $30.06 $62,510
St. Joseph, MO-KS 90 $31.98 $66,520
Sheboygan, WI 90 $22.89 $47,600
Amarillo, TX 80 $19.04 $39,590
Springfield, OH 80 $17.78 $36,990
Johnson City, TN 80 $16.91 $35,170
Bismarck, ND 80 $17.35 $36,080
Macon, GA 80 $12.66 $26,340
Jonesboro, AR 80 $15.30 $31,820
Lubbock, TX 80 $13.38 $27,820
Decatur, IL 80 $22.71 $47,240
Winchester, VA-WV 70 $17.13 $35,630
Battle Creek, MI 70 Not available Not available
Janesville, WI 70 $24.12 $50,170
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 70 $19.87 $41,320
Johnstown, PA 70 $14.53 $30,230
Waco, TX 70 $19.77 $41,120
Elizabethtown, KY 70 $13.39 $27,860
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 70 $16.39 $34,080
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 60 $17.01 $35,380
Eau Claire, WI 60 $19.96 $41,520
Medford, OR 60 $17.96 $37,360
Binghamton, NY 60 $16.60 $34,530
Greeley, CO 60 $18.35 $38,170
Bowling Green, KY 60 $14.17 $29,480
Yuba City, CA 50 $22.71 $47,230
Clarksville, TN-KY 50 $14.49 $30,130
Columbus, GA-AL 50 $15.39 $32,010
Albany, GA 50 $15.40 $32,030
Tallahassee, FL 50 $15.88 $33,030
Casper, WY 50 $21.87 $45,500
Akron, OH 50 $23.83 $49,560
Utica-Rome, NY 50 $17.87 $37,170
Wheeling, WV-OH 40 $15.93 $33,140
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 40 $19.05 $39,620
Brunswick, GA 40 $15.39 $32,020
Valdosta, GA 40 $13.86 $28,820
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 40 $11.01 $22,900
El Centro, CA 40 $18.09 $37,620
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 40 $13.44 $27,960
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 40 $16.07 $33,420
Barnstable Town, MA 40 $23.87 $49,650
Pine Bluff, AR 30 $18.56 $38,600
Rome, GA 30 $16.77 $34,870
Iowa City, IA 30 $17.78 $36,980
La Crosse, WI-MN 30 $14.69 $30,560
Gainesville, FL Not available $15.76 $32,770
Yakima, WA Not available $25.25 $52,510
Danbury, CT Not available $19.52 $40,610
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Not available $18.27 $38,000
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Not available $19.38 $40,320
Syracuse, NY Not available $20.18 $41,970
Santa Fe, NM Not available $20.87 $43,400
Las Cruces, NM Not available $16.17 $33,630
Mansfield, OH Not available $23.54 $48,970
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ Not available $27.99 $58,210
Trenton-Ewing, NJ Not available $24.35 $50,650
Atlantic City, NJ Not available $34.28 $71,310
Wausau, WI Not available $25.48 $53,000
Redding, CA Not available $15.51 $32,260
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Not available $21.58 $44,890
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division Not available $25.67 $53,390
Merced, CA Not available $19.80 $41,190
Salem, OR Not available $26.24 $54,590
Cheyenne, WY Not available $20.39 $42,410
Prescott, AZ Not available $15.37 $31,970
Michigan City-La Porte, IN Not available $21.09 $43,860
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Not available $14.80 $30,790
Fairbanks, AK Not available $26.12 $54,330
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Not available $16.28 $33,860
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division Not available $22.65 $47,100
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division Not available $18.58 $38,650
New Bedford, MA Not available $25.19 $52,390
Salisbury, MD Not available $20.40 $42,440
Bangor, ME Not available $15.45 $32,130
Goldsboro, NC Not available $12.54 $26,080
Holland-Grand Haven, MI Not available $21.71 $45,160
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Not available $21.01 $43,710
Jackson, TN Not available $15.82 $32,910
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Not available $31.09 $64,670
Rochester, MN Not available $26.94 $56,040
Lafayette, IN Not available $25.29 $52,600
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Not available $20.51 $42,670
Columbia, MO Not available $27.65 $57,510
Springfield, IL Not available $20.43 $42,500
Peoria, IL Not available $22.64 $47,080
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA Not available $25.25 $52,530
Coeur d'Alene, ID Not available $22.02 $45,800
Boise City-Nampa, ID Not available $18.62 $38,730
Joplin, MO Not available $13.40 $27,860
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Not available $22.01 $45,780
Ames, IA Not available $19.76 $41,100
Bellingham, WA Not available $19.36 $40,260
Billings, MT Not available $16.10 $33,490
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Not available $10.50 $21,840
Midland, TX Not available $13.00 $27,030
Great Falls, MT Not available $20.15 $41,910
Missoula, MT Not available $21.71 $45,160
Victoria, TX Not available $13.91 $28,940
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL Not available $16.67 $34,670
Waterbury, CT Not available $21.63 $45,000
Ocala, FL Not available $16.37 $34,050
St. George, UT Not available $16.15 $33,580
Naples-Marco Island, FL Not available $16.70 $34,730
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