Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters · SOC 51-2041

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitterss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for structural metal fabricators and fitters. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 168 metro areas

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$75,570	30	0.3
2	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$68,350	690	0.4
3	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$68,280	2,290	0.5
4	Mobile, AL	$66,820	780	4.5
5	Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	$66,110	70	0.6
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$65,980	520	0.2
7	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$65,850	60	0.3
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$65,500	230	0.1
9	Albany, OR	$65,420	50	1.1
10	Portland-South Portland, ME	$64,760	590	2.1
11	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$64,350	440	0.2
12	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$64,230	420	0.3
13	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$63,920	50	0.9
14	Savannah, GA	$63,420	30	0.2
15	Evansville, IN	$63,120	230	1.7
16	Utica-Rome, NY	$62,910	50	0.4
17	Salem, OR	$62,090	60	0.3
18	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$61,910	90	0.5
19	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$60,950	130	0.5
20	Green Bay, WI	$60,930	170	1.0
21	St. Cloud, MN	$60,460	110	1.1
22	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	$60,200	50	0.4
23	Fort Wayne, IN	$60,180	200	0.9
24	Worcester, MA	$60,050	90	0.2
25	Idaho Falls, ID	$59,960	70	0.8

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters overview.

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.