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Sheet Metal Workers

SOC 47-2211 · 2024-2034

Fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment, such as ducts, control boxes, drainpipes, and furnace casings. Work may involve any of the following: setting up and operating fabricating machines to cut, bend, and straighten sheet metal; shaping metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer; operating soldering and welding equipment to join sheet metal parts; or inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces. Includes sheet metal duct installers who install prefabricated sheet metal ducts used for heating, air conditioning, or other purposes.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$78,665per year
Projected openings
7,970
Projected change
+5.5%
Usually needs
High school diploma or equivalent

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Coordination
  2. Critical Thinking
  3. Monitoring
  4. Reading Comprehension
  5. Time Management
  6. Judgment and Decision Making

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$119,379900
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$115,927280
Napa MSA (Napa County)$103,91730
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$97,250650
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$83,9231,250
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)$82,23850
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$81,250100
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$81,0851,690
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$80,818130
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$80,087100
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$79,5651,560
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$79,284580
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$78,780160
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$78,450290
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$77,874110
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$75,91890
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$75,856770
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$65,305130
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$62,84450
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$62,752170

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$58,9042,460-20%
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers$65,0922,580-13.3%
Structural Iron and Steel Workers$78,4396,220+5.5%
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$67,66525,830+5%
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$50,1632,690+3.1%
Insulation Workers, Mechanical$122,9321,220+7.1%

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