Fence Erectors · SOC 47-4031

Fence Erectors Salary in the Seattle Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area

Figures describe the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Seattle city limits.

Median annual wage$55,440
Median hourly wage$26.65

Fence Erectors in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area earned a median of $55,440 per year ($26.65 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $47,930 at the 10th percentile to $77,320 at the 90th. BLS estimates 730 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Fence Erectors in the Seattle metro area earn more than $55,440 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,540 and $61,010.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$47,930$48,540$55,440$61,010$77,320
Hourly$23.04$23.34$26.65$29.33$37.18

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Seattle metro areathis metro area
    $55,440 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $48,540 to $61,010
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $51,860 median for Washington; middle half earns $47,930 to $59,610
  • $47,980 median for United States; middle half earns $40,400 to $58,610

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +7% vs Washington overall and +16% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$36,360$45,773$55,187$64,600Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $36,360Winston-Salem, NC — $36,580Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,420Tulsa, OK — $38,480Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $39,230Chattanooga, TN-GA — $39,720Raleigh-Cary, NC — $40,570Charleston, WV — $41,600St. Louis, MO-IL — $44,080Bangor, ME — $44,320Kansas City, MO-KS — $44,350Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $44,610Chico, CA — $44,800Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $45,070Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $45,350Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $45,550Jackson, TN — $45,800Fort Wayne, IN — $46,160Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $46,390Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $46,450Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $46,820Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $47,700Ogden, UT — $47,840Helena, MT — $48,170San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $48,230Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $48,350North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $48,410Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $48,530Reno, NV — $48,530Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $48,820Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $49,160Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $49,210Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $49,220Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $49,350Fargo, ND-MN — $49,410Portland-South Portland, ME — $49,750Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $50,290Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $51,580New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $51,600Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $52,510Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $54,250Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $54,820Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $55,060Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $55,440Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $56,310Billings, MT — $57,380Port St. Lucie, FL — $57,600San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $58,250Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $58,610San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $58,640Stockton-Lodi, CA — $58,750Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $59,530Modesto, CA — $59,600New Haven, CT — $60,310Anchorage, AK — $64,600

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.

The Seattle metro area has the 12th-highest published median for this occupation among the 55 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Washington

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for fence erectors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Seattle metro areathis page
    $55,440 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $48,540 to $61,010
  • $49,350 median for Olympia metro area; middle half earns $43,610 to $56,330
  • $49,160 median for Spokane metro area; middle half earns $47,960 to $59,400

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.