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SOC 51-2041 · Production Occupations

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025United States, all industries

U.S. median annual wage$51,330
U.S. median hourly wage$24.68
U.S. employment52,360

Nationally, structural metal fabricators and fitters earned a median of $51,330 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 52,360 jobs. Pay varies substantially by area — look up a specific state or metro below.

National pay distribution

Pay by state

Every state and territory with a published May 2025 estimate. “Not published” means BLS suppressed the value — it never means zero. Higher medians often track higher living costs; this is not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters: pay and employment by state
State
Maine$64,760$31.137701.2
Alaska$63,420$30.49700.2
Oregon$62,220$29.925600.3
Massachusetts$62,040$29.836900.2
Washington$61,850$29.741,0500.3
Indiana$60,180$28.933,8701.2
Connecticut$58,760$28.255000.3
Idaho$58,140$27.953200.4
California$57,590$27.693,4200.2
Wisconsin$56,310$27.071,8100.6
Minnesota$56,210$27.036400.2
New Jersey$55,650$26.761,5400.4
Illinois$55,380$26.631,9100.3
Kentucky$55,250$26.564500.2
New York$55,080$26.482,0400.2
North Dakota$54,430$26.171400.3
Virginia$53,940$25.931,2200.3
New Hampshire$53,920$25.921000.2
Missouri$53,610$25.775500.2
Ohio$52,300$25.141,0900.2
Alabama$52,220$25.112,1301.0
Wyoming$51,740$24.88600.2
Pennsylvania$51,640$24.831,6900.3
Iowa$51,360$24.696500.4
Colorado$51,120$24.583300.1
South Dakota$50,800$24.421800.4
Tennessee$50,460$24.262,2600.7
Oklahoma$50,380$24.227100.4
Maryland$50,110$24.096200.2
Georgia$50,010$24.055600.1
Louisiana$49,120$23.622,5201.3
North Carolina$48,990$23.551,0700.2
Nebraska$48,820$23.475800.6
New Mexico$48,700$23.412400.3
Texas$48,490$23.314,4400.3
Arizona$48,150$23.159400.3
Utah$48,130$23.147800.5
Michigan$47,950$23.051,2700.3
Kansas$47,840$23.006200.4
Delaware$46,940$22.571100.2
South Carolina$46,910$22.561,0200.4
Florida$46,880$22.542,9500.3
West Virginia$46,880$22.541800.3
Hawaii$43,750$21.03600.1
Mississippi$42,550$20.467000.6
Arkansas$41,260$19.846400.5
Nevada$39,570$19.031500.1
Puerto Rico$29,320$14.10400.0

Pay by metro area

All 168 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$29,320$44,737$60,153$75,570San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $29,320Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $29,640Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $29,770Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $35,900McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $37,010Dothan, AL — $38,620Gadsden, AL — $39,940El Paso, TX — $40,690Jackson, MS — $42,470Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $43,430Lafayette, LA — $43,830Topeka, KS — $43,930Eugene-Springfield, OR — $44,560Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $44,730Oklahoma City, OK — $45,030Saginaw, MI — $45,080Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $45,160Niles, MI — $45,270Port St. Lucie, FL — $45,310Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $45,470Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $45,560Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $45,570South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $45,740Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $45,750Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $45,770Terre Haute, IN — $45,790Ocala, FL — $45,840Johnson City, TN — $46,010San Angelo, TX — $46,010Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $46,260Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $46,330Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $46,380Kokomo, IN — $46,380Jacksonville, FL — $46,520Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $46,610North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $46,630Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $46,690Waco, TX — $46,730Florence, SC — $46,880Columbia, SC — $46,910Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $46,960Longview, TX — $47,040Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $47,060Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $47,240Sheboygan, WI — $47,290Youngstown-Warren, OH — $47,360Greensboro-High Point, NC — $47,470Erie, PA — $47,670Rochester, NY — $47,760Fort Smith, AR-OK — $47,780St. George, UT — $47,780Lebanon, PA — $47,990Chattanooga, TN-GA — $48,080Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $48,110Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $48,130Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,150Peoria, IL — $48,250Rockford, IL — $48,310Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $48,530Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $48,570Winston-Salem, NC — $48,590Akron, OH — $48,850San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $49,020Montgomery, AL — $49,190Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $49,280Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $49,350Lancaster, PA — $49,390Urban Honolulu, HI — $49,390Lincoln, NE — $49,500Muncie, IN — $49,670Spartanburg, SC — $49,690Tuscaloosa, AL — $49,920Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $49,960Decatur, AL — $50,040Cedar Rapids, IA — $50,100St. Louis, MO-IL — $50,170Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $50,200Richmond, VA — $50,290Columbus, OH — $50,340Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $50,510Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $50,520Albuquerque, NM — $50,550Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $50,620Knoxville, TN — $50,720Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $50,740Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $50,750Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $51,090Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $51,120Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $51,210Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $51,280Raleigh-Cary, NC — $51,300Pittsburgh, PA — $51,510Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $51,540Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $51,590Wichita, KS — $51,800Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $52,290Birmingham, AL — $52,330Greeley, CO — $52,480Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $52,660York-Hanover, PA — $52,700Reading, PA — $52,780Appleton, WI — $52,800Omaha, NE-IA — $53,360Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $53,880Lynchburg, VA — $53,940Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $53,990Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $54,030Colorado Springs, CO — $54,030Tulsa, OK — $54,060Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $54,100Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $54,180Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $54,840Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $55,250Bismarck, ND — $55,270New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $55,550Springfield, MA — $55,550Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $55,600Boise City, ID — $55,720Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $55,750Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $55,940Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $56,290Reno, NV — $56,310New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $56,870Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $56,990Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $57,240Winchester, VA-WV — $57,430Cleveland, OH — $57,550Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $57,560Syracuse, NY — $57,700Ogden, UT — $57,980Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $58,020Wausau, WI — $58,220Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $58,260Vallejo, CA — $58,360Baton Rouge, LA — $58,410Jackson, TN — $58,490Madison, WI — $58,490Kansas City, MO-KS — $58,540New Haven, CT — $58,760Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $59,270Stockton-Lodi, CA — $59,460Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $59,470Corpus Christi, TX — $59,590Idaho Falls, ID — $59,960Worcester, MA — $60,050Fort Wayne, IN — $60,180Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $60,200St. Cloud, MN — $60,460Green Bay, WI — $60,930Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $60,950Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $61,910Salem, OR — $62,090Utica-Rome, NY — $62,910Evansville, IN — $63,120Savannah, GA — $63,420Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $63,920Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $64,230Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $64,350Portland-South Portland, ME — $64,760Albany, OR — $65,420San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $65,500Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $65,850Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $65,980Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $66,110Mobile, AL — $66,820Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $68,280San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $68,350Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $75,570

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$75,570$36.33300.3
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$68,350$32.866900.4
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$68,280$32.832,2900.5
Mobile, AL$66,820$32.127804.5
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$66,110$31.79700.6
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$65,980$31.725200.2
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$65,850$31.66600.3
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$65,500$31.492300.1
Albany, OR$65,420$31.45501.1
Portland-South Portland, ME$64,760$31.135902.1
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$64,350$30.944400.2
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$64,230$30.884200.3
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$63,920$30.73500.9
Savannah, GA$63,420$30.49300.2
Evansville, IN$63,120$30.352301.7
Utica-Rome, NY$62,910$30.25500.4
Salem, OR$62,090$29.85600.3
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$61,910$29.76900.5
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$60,950$29.301300.5
Green Bay, WI$60,930$29.291701.0
St. Cloud, MN$60,460$29.071101.1
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$60,200$28.94500.4
Fort Wayne, IN$60,180$28.932000.9
Worcester, MA$60,050$28.87900.2
Idaho Falls, ID$59,960$28.83700.8
Corpus Christi, TX$59,590$28.65500.3
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$59,470$28.591000.3
Stockton-Lodi, CA$59,460$28.59900.3
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$59,270$28.501100.6
New Haven, CT$58,760$28.251300.5
Kansas City, MO-KS$58,540$28.141200.1
Jackson, TN$58,490$28.12801.0
Madison, WI$58,490$28.123901.0
Baton Rouge, LA$58,410$28.087701.9
Vallejo, CA$58,360$28.06400.3
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$58,260$28.013100.2
Wausau, WI$58,220$27.99801.2
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$58,020$27.893900.1
Ogden, UT$57,980$27.881000.4
Syracuse, NY$57,700$27.741000.3
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$57,560$27.671900.3
Cleveland, OH$57,550$27.671100.1
Winchester, VA-WV$57,430$27.61600.8
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$57,240$27.522500.3
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$56,990$27.409200.1
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$56,870$27.342,2400.2
Reno, NV$56,310$27.07400.1
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$56,290$27.06400.1
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$55,940$26.89400.5
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$55,750$26.814800.4
Boise City, ID$55,720$26.791300.3
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$55,600$26.73500.1
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$55,550$26.713400.8
Springfield, MA$55,550$26.71500.2
Bismarck, ND$55,270$26.57400.6
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$55,250$26.563800.6
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$54,840$26.366400.2
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$54,180$26.051200.1
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$54,100$26.01400.4
Tulsa, OK$54,060$25.994300.9
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$54,030$25.981700.2
Colorado Springs, CO$54,030$25.98400.1
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$53,990$25.961900.1
Lynchburg, VA$53,940$25.93800.9
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$53,880$25.913200.4
Omaha, NE-IA$53,360$25.651200.2
Appleton, WI$52,800$25.39500.4
Reading, PA$52,780$25.37600.3
York-Hanover, PA$52,700$25.341600.9
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$52,660$25.321701.1
Greeley, CO$52,480$25.23400.3
Birmingham, AL$52,330$25.164300.8
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$52,290$25.143900.6
Wichita, KS$51,800$24.91800.3
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$51,590$24.802300.5
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$51,540$24.785300.5
Pittsburgh, PA$51,510$24.762300.2
Raleigh-Cary, NC$51,300$24.66800.1
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$51,280$24.661600.4
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$51,210$24.62500.2
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$51,120$24.581800.1
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$51,090$24.565300.3
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$50,750$24.403300.2
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$50,740$24.39600.7
Knoxville, TN$50,720$24.394000.9
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$50,620$24.34800.2
Albuquerque, NM$50,550$24.311800.4
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$50,520$24.291,5800.5
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$50,510$24.291200.5
Columbus, OH$50,340$24.202300.2
Richmond, VA$50,290$24.182000.3
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$50,200$24.142000.2
St. Louis, MO-IL$50,170$24.122000.2
Cedar Rapids, IA$50,100$24.09700.5
Decatur, AL$50,040$24.061001.6
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$49,960$24.024103.2
Tuscaloosa, AL$49,920$24.001101.1
Spartanburg, SC$49,690$23.89800.5
Muncie, IN$49,670$23.88501.2
Lincoln, NE$49,500$23.80800.4
Lancaster, PA$49,390$23.752300.9
Urban Honolulu, HI$49,390$23.75500.1
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$49,350$23.731200.3
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$49,280$23.691,1700.3
Montgomery, AL$49,190$23.65700.4
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$49,020$23.571600.1
Akron, OH$48,850$23.49500.2
Winston-Salem, NC$48,590$23.361500.6
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$48,570$23.353500.2
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$48,530$23.33400.3
Rockford, IL$48,310$23.231000.8
Peoria, IL$48,250$23.202301.4
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$48,150$23.158700.4
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$48,130$23.141300.4
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$48,110$23.137500.3
Chattanooga, TN-GA$48,080$23.121800.7
Lebanon, PA$47,990$23.07400.7
Fort Smith, AR-OK$47,780$22.97500.5
St. George, UT$47,780$22.97700.8
Rochester, NY$47,760$22.961400.3
Erie, PA$47,670$22.92600.5
Greensboro-High Point, NC$47,470$22.821300.4
Youngstown-Warren, OH$47,360$22.77500.3
Sheboygan, WI$47,290$22.73901.6
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$47,240$22.711200.4
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$47,060$22.622600.4
Longview, TX$47,040$22.61400.3
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$46,960$22.583100.4
Columbia, SC$46,910$22.561300.3
Florence, SC$46,880$22.54700.8
Waco, TX$46,730$22.46700.5
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$46,690$22.453200.2
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$46,630$22.421100.3
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$46,610$22.411200.5
Jacksonville, FL$46,520$22.362900.4
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$46,380$22.304104.9
Kokomo, IN$46,380$22.30300.9
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$46,330$22.273500.2
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$46,260$22.246900.4
Johnson City, TN$46,010$22.12600.7
San Angelo, TX$46,010$22.12701.3
Ocala, FL$45,840$22.041000.8
Terre Haute, IN$45,790$22.01801.3
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$45,770$22.00601.6
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$45,750$22.00801.1
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$45,740$21.991301.0
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$45,570$21.911000.5
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$45,560$21.902100.8
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$45,470$21.86600.3
Port St. Lucie, FL$45,310$21.78800.4
Niles, MI$45,270$21.76500.8
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$45,160$21.711500.9
Saginaw, MI$45,080$21.67500.6
Oklahoma City, OK$45,030$21.651800.3
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$44,730$21.511400.9
Eugene-Springfield, OR$44,560$21.42400.2
Topeka, KS$43,930$21.12500.4
Lafayette, LA$43,830$21.073702.1
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$43,430$20.881800.5
Jackson, MS$42,470$20.42900.3
El Paso, TX$40,690$19.56400.1
Gadsden, AL$39,940$19.20301.0
Dothan, AL$38,620$18.57801.4
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$37,010$17.80600.2
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$35,900$17.261000.1
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$29,770$14.31700.7
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$29,640$14.25Not publishedNot published
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$29,320$14.10300.1

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.