DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

47-2211 Sheet Metal Workers

Occupational Description:
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.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 6E- Southwest Central N/A0N/A$2.14/hrN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Minnesota 2,860412$31.06/hr$0.84/hr$18.04/hr$23.09/hr$30.16/hr$39.77/hr$46.67/hr
U S 131,3002,757$26.58/hr$0.24/hr$14.28/hr$18.06/hr$24.59/hr$32.57/hr$42.96/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Other Regional Data For Sheet Metal Workers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 1,490 $34.41/hr N/A
EDR 7W- Central 400 $27.79/hr N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 220 $28.83/hr N/A
EDR 9 - South Central 90 $22.21/hr N/A
EDR 4 - West Central 60 $29.59/hr N/A
EDR 5 - North Central 40 N/A N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters N/A N/A N/A
EDR 7E- East Central N/A N/A N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast N/A $30.68/hr N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A
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Tool and Die Makers40N/AN/A
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Tasks for Sheet Metal Workers