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Sheet Metal Workers · SOC 47-2211

Sheet Metal Workers Salary in the Cape Girardeau Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area

Figures describe the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Cape Girardeau city limits.

Median annual wage$57,190
Median hourly wage$27.50

Sheet Metal Workers in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area earned a median of $57,190 per year ($27.50 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $46,330 at the 10th percentile to $111,010 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Sheet Metal Workers in the Cape Girardeau metro area earn more than $57,190 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $46,390 and $98,210.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$46,330$46,390$57,190$98,210$111,010
Hourly$22.28$22.30$27.50$47.22$53.37

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

  • Cape Girardeau metro areathis metro area
    $57,190
  • Missouristate (MO)
    $63,560
  • United Statesnational
    $61,800

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

The median here is −10% vs Missouri overall and −7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$28,340$55,503$82,667$109,830San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $28,340Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $37,780Hot Springs, AR — $38,980Albany, GA — $39,540Joplin, MO-KS — $40,570Longview, TX — $41,820Valdosta, GA — $42,610Jonesboro, AR — $43,260Abilene, TX — $43,590Rapid City, SD — $44,280Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $44,550Columbus, GA-AL — $44,700Gainesville, FL — $44,790Clarksville, TN-KY — $44,830Homosassa Springs, FL — $44,830Winchester, VA-WV — $44,910McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $45,350Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $45,650Dothan, AL — $45,700Roanoke, VA — $45,980Fayetteville, NC — $46,010Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $46,060Reno, NV — $46,080Lubbock, TX — $46,100Fort Smith, AR-OK — $46,210Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,240Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $46,450Tallahassee, FL — $46,580Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $46,800Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $46,850Charlottesville, VA — $46,940Decatur, AL — $46,940Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,000Burlington, NC — $47,020New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $47,030Winston-Salem, NC — $47,080Lynchburg, VA — $47,090Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $47,330Wilmington, NC — $47,390Colorado Springs, CO — $47,550Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $47,740Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $47,830Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $47,850Florence, SC — $47,880Gainesville, GA — $47,880Athens-Clarke County, GA — $47,980Richmond, VA — $48,010Birmingham, AL — $48,090Tuscaloosa, AL — $48,120Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $48,310Tucson, AZ — $48,440Bowling Green, KY — $48,610Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $48,720Tyler, TX — $48,820St. George, UT — $48,910Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $48,920Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $48,970Pueblo, CO — $48,970Grand Junction, CO — $49,010Texarkana, TX-AR — $49,090North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $49,180Jacksonville, FL — $49,350Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $49,510Wichita, KS — $49,610Jackson, MS — $49,620Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $49,680El Paso, TX — $49,960Macon-Bibb County, GA — $49,980Greeley, CO — $50,020Columbia, SC — $50,170Springfield, MO — $50,180Killeen-Temple, TX — $50,430Raleigh-Cary, NC — $50,570Savannah, GA — $50,580Jacksonville, NC — $50,680Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $50,890Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $51,180Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $51,180Montgomery, AL — $51,230Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $51,230Huntsville, AL — $51,460Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $51,700Asheville, NC — $51,790Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $51,870Amarillo, TX — $51,990Lafayette, LA — $52,090Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $52,640Lincoln, NE — $52,740Baton Rouge, LA — $52,750Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $53,290Cheyenne, WY — $53,340Wichita Falls, TX — $53,460Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $54,430Columbia, MO — $54,550Las Cruces, NM — $54,830Muncie, IN — $55,280Lake Charles, LA — $55,580Boulder, CO — $55,640Greensboro-High Point, NC — $55,860Boise City, ID — $55,920Niles, MI — $55,920Tulsa, OK — $56,100Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $56,240Utica-Rome, NY — $56,500Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $56,750Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $56,820Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $57,190San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $57,380Great Falls, MT — $57,480Albuquerque, NM — $58,040Pittsburgh, PA — $58,050Bay City, MI — $58,060Cleveland, TN — $58,160Medford, OR — $58,410Altoona, PA — $58,630Corpus Christi, TX — $58,840Spartanburg, SC — $59,220Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $59,440Lebanon, PA — $59,510Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $59,650Mankato, MN — $59,840Lancaster, PA — $59,880Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $59,910Bangor, ME — $59,950Pittsfield, MA — $60,140York-Hanover, PA — $60,350Manchester-Nashua, NH — $60,630Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $60,780Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $60,800Salem, OR — $60,890Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,010Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $61,210Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $61,270Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $61,330Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $61,340Knoxville, TN — $61,340Missoula, MT — $61,420Fort Wayne, IN — $61,430Dover, DE — $61,460Grand Forks, ND-MN — $61,460Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $61,620Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $62,200Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $62,250Billings, MT — $62,480Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $62,500Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $62,520Youngstown-Warren, OH — $62,640Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $62,650Eugene-Springfield, OR — $62,660Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $62,900Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $62,920Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $62,990Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $63,160Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $63,240Bend, OR — $63,300Jackson, TN — $63,300Albany, OR — $63,310Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $63,330Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $63,390Topeka, KS — $63,560Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $63,580Binghamton, NY — $63,600Rochester, NY — $63,710Syracuse, NY — $63,870Lexington Park, MD — $64,140Ames, IA — $64,420Columbus, IN — $65,010Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $65,100Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $65,250Ogden, UT — $65,270Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $65,310Erie, PA — $65,710Vallejo, CA — $65,760Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $65,840Traverse City, MI — $65,940Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $66,000Portland-South Portland, ME — $66,070St. Louis, MO-IL — $66,080Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $66,370Reading, PA — $67,230Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $67,350Kingston, NY — $67,750Charleston, WV — $68,000Oklahoma City, OK — $68,140New Haven, CT — $68,640Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $68,780Stockton-Lodi, CA — $69,110Janesville-Beloit, WI — $70,130Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $70,420Warner Robins, GA — $70,640Modesto, CA — $70,870Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $71,420Bozeman, MT — $72,280Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $72,330Battle Creek, MI — $72,370Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $72,380Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $72,580Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $72,710Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $72,970Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $73,030Lawton, OK — $73,510Rochester, MN — $73,680Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $73,690Fresno, CA — $73,860Wheeling, WV-OH — $73,880Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $73,960Evansville, IN — $74,120Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $74,440Madison, WI — $74,450Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $74,690Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $74,820Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $74,960Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $75,030Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $75,120La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $75,190Canton-Massillon, OH — $75,200Omaha, NE-IA — $75,440Ann Arbor, MI — $75,460Fairbanks-College, AK — $75,750Terre Haute, IN — $75,800Eau Claire, WI — $76,040Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $76,080Akron, OH — $76,350Springfield, MA — $76,580Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $76,710New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $76,730Manhattan, KS — $76,750Green Bay, WI — $76,760Mansfield, OH — $76,930Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $77,140Wausau, WI — $77,330Cleveland, OH — $77,410Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $77,420Columbus, OH — $77,760Worcester, MA — $77,820Yakima, WA — $77,850Glens Falls, NY — $78,220Rockford, IL — $78,640Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $78,840Paducah, KY-IL — $79,020Jefferson City, MO — $79,500Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $79,570Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $79,630Visalia, CA — $79,910San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $80,080Fargo, ND-MN — $80,290Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $80,520Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $80,870Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $80,900South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $81,270Appleton, WI — $81,400Flint, MI — $81,790Cedar Rapids, IA — $82,090Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $82,550Kansas City, MO-KS — $82,830St. Joseph, MO-KS — $83,060Sheboygan, WI — $83,220Toledo, OH — $83,240Salinas, CA — $83,470Duluth, MN-WI — $86,630Peoria, IL — $87,120Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $88,730Springfield, IL — $90,330Bellingham, WA — $90,840Champaign-Urbana, IL — $92,710Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $93,350Urban Honolulu, HI — $93,380Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $95,310Kennewick-Richland, WA — $96,000Anchorage, AK — $98,070Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $100,470Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $100,650San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $102,660San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $109,280Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $109,830

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 Cape Girardeau metro area has the 169th-highest published median for this occupation among the 275 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 Missouri

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

  • Cape Girardeau metro areathis page
    $57,190
  • St. Joseph metro area
    $83,060
  • Kansas City metro area
    $82,830
  • Jefferson City metro area
    $79,500
  • St. Louis metro area
    $66,080
  • Columbia metro area
    $54,550
  • Springfield metro area
    $50,180

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

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Construction Laborers$58,140First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$88,150Carpenters$63,740Electricians$59,720Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$61,480Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$65,180

Highest-paying metro areas for sheet metal workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Cape Girardeau Metro

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.