Sheet Metal Worker Salary (BLS 2025)
BLS OEWS May 2025 (released May 15, 2026) · BLS occupation: SOC 47-2211 Sheet Metal Workers
All sheet metal workers, including roofing and architectural sheet metal, not only HVAC duct work.
Annual figures are BLS hourly wages × 2,080 hours; they cover wage-and-salary workers only and leave out overtime, shift differentials and sign-on or holiday bonuses.
How pay spreads across Sheet Metal Workers
| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $38,630 | $18.57 |
| 25th | $47,830 | $23.00 |
| 50th (median) | $61,800 | $29.71 |
| 75th | $81,610 | $39.24 |
| 90th | $105,650 | $50.79 |
SOC 47-2211 Sheet Metal Workers: 119,770 wage-and-salary jobs.
BLS Employment Projections 2025–35 (released Aug 27, 2026): employment projected to change 2.5% from 2025 to 2035 (all-occupation average 3.5%), about 9,800 openings a year.
Sheet Metal Worker Salary by State
Median annual wage for SOC 47-2211 in each state and DC, BLS OEWS May 2025 (released May 15, 2026).
States are listed alphabetically; the statistic is the median throughout.
The price-adjusted column is our arithmetic using BEA 2024 Regional Price Parities, not a BLS figure.
| State | Median | 10th–90th | Jobs | Adj. for 2024 prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $47,530 | $35,510–$71,270 | 1,450 | $53,511 |
| Alaska | $94,600 | $49,300–$116,580 | 240 | $92,420 |
| Arizona | $50,260 | $36,350–$80,750 | 3,060 | $49,922 |
| Arkansas | $45,820 | $35,800–$57,380 | 1,230 | $52,705 |
| California | $76,590 | $47,410–$132,190 | 8,390 | $69,174 |
| Colorado | $57,880 | $43,780–$83,550 | 1,660 | $56,166 |
| Connecticut | $78,750 | $49,780–$93,940 | 1,480 | $76,006 |
| Delaware | $61,460 | $37,290–$85,790 | 440 | $61,578 |
| District of Columbia | Not published | Not published | — | Not published |
| Florida | $49,640 | $36,140–$71,740 | 8,040 | $48,001 |
| Georgia | $56,800 | $38,820–$76,900 | 3,590 | $58,987 |
| Hawaii | $96,350 | $52,730–$118,960 | 490 | $87,630 |
| Idaho | $46,350 | $36,340–$78,470 | 1,290 | $48,537 |
| Illinois | $86,630 | $42,220–$117,910 | 3,260 | $86,666 |
| Indiana | $64,040 | $42,620–$104,080 | 4,580 | $68,617 |
| Iowa | $66,460 | $43,770–$91,450 | 1,650 | $75,728 |
| Kansas | $62,670 | $38,690–$108,530 | 1,730 | $69,581 |
| Kentucky | $60,680 | $40,570–$85,310 | 2,210 | $67,303 |
| Louisiana | $50,320 | $34,650–$77,790 | 1,080 | $57,048 |
| Maine | $62,120 | $47,930–$75,490 | 830 | $64,008 |
| Maryland | $62,560 | $46,800–$84,650 | 1,940 | $59,604 |
| Massachusetts | $82,100 | $46,440–$121,050 | 2,890 | $77,631 |
| Michigan | $64,490 | $40,940–$96,390 | 4,000 | $67,026 |
| Minnesota | $72,970 | $47,520–$116,990 | 2,980 | $73,990 |
| Mississippi | $49,500 | $36,560–$70,630 | 1,260 | $56,927 |
| Missouri | $63,560 | $38,090–$110,580 | 2,640 | $69,987 |
| Montana | $61,420 | $44,310–$84,220 | 410 | $64,895 |
| Nebraska | $64,440 | $32,140–$94,980 | 440 | $71,518 |
| Nevada | $46,730 | $38,120–$121,730 | 1,270 | $46,740 |
| New Hampshire | $59,800 | $34,170–$79,930 | 760 | $57,409 |
| New Jersey | $92,840 | $46,290–$130,630 | 2,790 | $85,327 |
| New Mexico | $56,720 | $36,410–$84,690 | 640 | $61,510 |
| New York | $73,760 | $40,330–$126,090 | 6,570 | $68,346 |
| North Carolina | $50,730 | $37,280–$78,020 | 2,780 | $53,782 |
| North Dakota | $65,180 | $48,080–$84,740 | 290 | $73,270 |
| Ohio | $74,790 | $43,200–$94,240 | 4,180 | $80,615 |
| Oklahoma | $65,640 | $46,000–$79,090 | 2,820 | $74,724 |
| Oregon | $73,750 | $48,150–$120,600 | 3,250 | $71,352 |
| Pennsylvania | $61,400 | $45,660–$126,430 | 3,260 | $62,928 |
| Rhode Island | $65,100 | $42,670–$81,980 | 370 | $63,649 |
| South Carolina | $49,920 | $37,090–$76,300 | 1,710 | $53,249 |
| South Dakota | $47,800 | $38,420–$86,780 | 320 | $53,959 |
| Tennessee | $59,170 | $38,710–$79,360 | 1,850 | $64,406 |
| Texas | $54,240 | $37,010–$78,400 | 9,540 | $55,885 |
| Utah | $63,140 | $44,360–$85,770 | 1,810 | $63,866 |
| Vermont | $58,250 | $42,920–$82,940 | 370 | $59,464 |
| Virginia | $52,220 | $37,440–$73,640 | 4,520 | $51,650 |
| Washington | $98,550 | $57,650–$149,260 | 3,440 | $92,092 |
| West Virginia | $72,390 | $38,170–$76,020 | 540 | $80,885 |
| Wisconsin | $77,760 | $45,160–$107,060 | 3,180 | $82,640 |
| Wyoming | $58,740 | $42,350–$72,400 | 160 | $63,372 |