The annual salary statistics of sheet metal workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of sheet metal workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $40,460 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $50,420 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $79,330 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $107,850 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $126,270 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sheet metal workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $126,270. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,330. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $40,460.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of sheet metal workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $79,330 | 20.74% | 34.78% |
| 2021 | $62,880 | 17.73% | - |
| 2020 | $51,730 | 7.71% | - |
| 2019 | $47,740 | 1.57% | - |
| 2018 | $46,990 | -4.00% | - |
| 2017 | $48,870 | -5.87% | - |
| 2016 | $51,740 | -0.56% | - |
| 2015 | $52,030 | 0.56% | - |
| 2012 | $51,740 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,330 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for sheet metal workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of sheet metal workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 23.3 percent (23.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 45.5 percent (45.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Madera-Chowchilla.