Highest-paying Cities for Sheet Metal Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for sheet metal workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of sheet metal workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $110,090, Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois is the highest paying city for sheet metal workers. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $103,460). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of sheet metal workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Sheet Metal Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$110,090	$56,470	50
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$103,460	$47,430	1,120
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$98,370	$49,480	1,300
4	Longview, Washington	$98,260	$43,790	50
5	Anchorage, Alaska	$96,380	$63,430	230
6	Fairbanks, Alaska	$95,350	$52,430	80
7	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$93,050	$46,690	180
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$92,920	$48,830	1,940
9	Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$91,190	$45,120	30
10	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$88,100	$43,360	30
11	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$87,950	$38,780	3,520
12	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$86,690	$32,020	2,800
13	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$86,500	$67,790	60
14	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$85,240	$35,050	150
15	Framingham, Massachusetts	$85,030	$38,250	180
16	Erie, Pennsylvania	$83,940	$39,280	50
17	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$83,680	$68,550	70
18	Gary, Indiana	$83,570	$33,130	470
19	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$83,360	$42,050	2,640
20	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$82,670	$50,390	120
21	St Louis, Missouri	$82,490	$36,590	1,860
22	Springfield, Illinois	$82,070	$41,460	70
23	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$81,710	$50,810	460
24	Rockford, Illinois	$81,330	$38,680	110
25	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$81,190	$33,580	160
26	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois	$81,140	$40,390	50
27	St Joseph, Missouri	$81,050	$35,080	100
28	Camden, New Jersey	$80,940	$38,440	480
29	Reading, Pennsylvania	$80,810	$46,190	110
30	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$80,380	$44,890	740
31	Peoria, Illinois	$80,030	$37,840	160
32	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$79,410	$47,300	420
33	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$79,330	$40,460	3,020
34	Olympia, Washington	$78,870	$46,010	80
35	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$77,730	$38,230	260
36	Flint, Michigan	$77,620	$44,870	310
37	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$77,470	$62,790	50
38	New Haven, Connecticut	$77,040	$35,420	270
39	Visalia-Porterville, California	$76,730	$36,020	100
40	Springfield, Massachusetts	$76,600	$47,840	260
41	Decatur, Illinois	$76,390	$46,610	30
42	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$76,250	$46,080	60
43	Madison, Wisconsin	$75,790	$40,280	380
44	Yakima, Washington	$75,550	$38,520	100
45	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$75,520	$54,590	110
46	Kingston, New York	$74,790	$54,320	n/a
47	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$74,780	$42,170	160
48	Appleton, Wisconsin	$74,740	$47,380	330
49	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$74,610	$34,500	40
50	Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana	$74,580	$36,350	30
51	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$73,980	$36,090	1,720
52	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$73,880	$46,510	120
53	Racine, Wisconsin	$73,700	$47,490	80
54	Toledo, Ohio	$73,360	$38,070	290
55	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$73,070	$39,320	80
56	Wausau, Wisconsin	$72,750	$46,480	60
57	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$72,650	$41,420	60
58	Napa, California	$72,420	$44,900	40
59	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$72,230	$45,650	90
60	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$71,930	$41,430	1,840
61	Bloomington, Illinois	$70,700	$25,840	30
62	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$70,030	$40,330	1,770
63	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$69,860	$50,790	200
64	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$69,770	$42,130	120
65	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$69,530	$38,480	50
66	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$69,530	$43,430	1,820
67	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$69,500	$41,280	470
68	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$67,860	$36,640	580
69	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$67,850	$36,060	320
70	Billings, Montana	$67,720	$43,310	40
71	Merced, California	$67,520	$44,620	50
72	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$67,490	$38,490	70
73	Columbus, Ohio	$67,140	$39,630	740
74	Honolulu, Hawaii	$67,120	$34,010	900
75	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$67,100	$42,950	40
76	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$66,970	$19,060	100
77	Mansfield, Ohio	$66,560	$31,380	40
78	Akron, Ohio	$66,260	$37,050	520
79	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia	$66,230	$36,790	70
80	Dover, Delaware	$66,210	$35,630	50
81	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$66,180	$37,690	180
82	Bellingham, Washington	$65,890	$51,140	190
83	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$65,860	$37,540	220
84	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$65,660	$39,420	590
85	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$65,600	$37,860	50
86	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$65,530	$37,430	140
87	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$65,470	$28,770	n/a
88	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$65,440	$44,450	80
89	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$65,180	$37,790	1,770
90	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$65,010	$38,350	1,120
91	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$65,010	$39,350	200
92	Duluth, Wisconsin	$64,880	$41,130	210
93	Worcester, Massachusetts	$64,630	$46,330	200
94	Modesto, California	$64,620	$39,740	140
95	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$64,600	$37,400	770
96	Fresno, California	$64,560	$38,350	310
97	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$64,520	$36,450	380
98	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$64,390	$38,260	130
99	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$64,360	$27,080	500
100	Corpus Christi, Texas	$64,290	$46,090	340

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for sheet metal workers.