Sheet Metal Workers · SOC 47-2211
Sheet Metal Workers Salary in the Iowa
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Iowa
Figures describe the state of Iowa as a whole.
Sheet Metal Workers in the Iowa earned a median of $66,460 per year ($31.95 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $43,770 at the 10th percentile to $91,450 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,650 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Sheet Metal Workers in the Iowa earn more than $66,460 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $49,470 and $76,080.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $43,770 | $49,470 | $66,460 | $76,080 | $91,450 |
| Hourly | $21.04 | $23.78 | $31.95 | $36.58 | $43.97 |
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.
How this area compares
- Iowa$66,460 median for Iowa; middle half earns $49,470 to $76,080
- United Statesnational$61,800 median for United States; middle half earns $47,830 to $81,610
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Iowa
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for sheet metal workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Iowathis page$66,460 median for Iowa; middle half earns $49,470 to $76,080
- $82,090 median for Cedar Rapids metro area; middle half earns $60,870 to $91,450
- $72,380 median for Davenport metro area; middle half earns $72,380 to $72,380
- $67,350 median for Sioux City metro area; middle half earns $46,640 to $76,190
- $66,000 median for Des Moines metro area; middle half earns $51,730 to $84,940
- $64,420 median for Ames metro area; middle half earns $47,260 to $79,500
- $63,240 median for Waterloo metro area; middle half earns $53,860 to $67,690
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for sheet metal workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Iowa
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.