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
Northeast Minnesota 22072$27.58/hr$2.47/hr$15.80/hr$22.29/hr$28.83/hr$33.78/hr$37.80/hr
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.


Leading Industries for Sheet Metal Workers
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Construction200$28.95/hr
Other Regional Data For Sheet Metal Workers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2020 - 2030
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 1,490 $34.41/hr 4.4%
Central Minnesota 490 $25.28/hr 2.8%
Northeast Minnesota 220 $28.83/hr 2.8%
Southwest Minnesota 150 $22.89/hr 4.2%
Northwest Minnesota 130 $32.50/hr N/A
Southeast Minnesota N/A $30.68/hr N/A
Related Occupations
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, &Tenders, Metal & Plastic40$20.49/hrN/A
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Tool and Die MakersN/AN/A2.1%
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticN/AN/AN/A
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticN/AN/A-14.3%
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersN/AN/A-11.0%
Tasks for Sheet Metal Workers