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Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters · SOC 51-2041

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters Salary in the El Paso Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025El Paso, TX metro area

Figures describe the El Paso, TX metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not El Paso city limits.

Median annual wage$40,690
Median hourly wage$19.56

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters in the El Paso, TX metro area earned a median of $40,690 per year ($19.56 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $31,110 at the 10th percentile to $54,040 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters in the El Paso metro area earn more than $40,690 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $39,020 and $44,780.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$31,110$39,020$40,690$44,780$54,040
Hourly$14.96$18.76$19.56$21.53$25.98

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

  • El Paso metro areathis metro area
    $40,690
  • Texasstate (TX)
    $48,490
  • United Statesnational
    $51,330

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

The median here is −16% vs Texas overall and −21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$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.

The El Paso metro area has the 161st-highest published median for this occupation among the 168 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 Texas

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for structural metal fabricators and fitters, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • El Paso metro areathis page
    $40,690
  • Corpus Christi metro area
    $59,590
  • Austin metro area
    $54,180
  • Beaumont metro area
    $52,660
  • Houston metro area
    $50,520
  • Dallas metro area
    $49,280
  • San Antonio metro area
    $49,020

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:

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$34,530First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$61,270Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$36,930Sewing Machine Operators$22,400Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$45,000Helpers--Production Workers$30,460

Highest-paying metro areas for structural metal fabricators and fitterss · Highest-paying occupations in El Paso 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.