Highest-paying Cities for Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

The top 100 highest paying cities for structural metal fabricators and fitters (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 structural metal fabricators and fitters in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $69,770, Elmira, New York is the highest paying city for structural metal fabricators and fitters. It is followed by Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia (average annual salary $63,190). 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 structural metal fabricators and fitters in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Elmira, New York	$69,770	$35,490	80
2	Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia	$63,190	$27,040	60
3	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$61,710	$36,500	850
4	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$61,520	$52,450	70
5	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$60,520	$37,720	60
6	Anchorage, Alaska	$60,390	$40,690	60
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$60,230	$41,800	120
8	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$59,990	$35,450	130
9	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$59,960	$38,130	90
10	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$59,380	$35,510	240
11	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$57,750	$33,860	80
12	Mobile, Alabama	$57,570	$37,340	890
13	Salt Lake City, Utah	$57,190	$38,340	920
14	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$57,030	$38,220	1,100
15	Jefferson City, Missouri	$56,790	$32,670	40
16	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$56,780	$40,880	230
17	Battle Creek, Michigan	$56,710	$26,300	80
18	Longview, Washington	$56,680	$39,140	30
19	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$56,230	$37,310	110
20	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$56,080	$23,990	360
21	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$55,100	$35,300	60
22	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$54,930	$40,180	60
23	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$54,360	$38,790	660
24	Midland, Texas	$54,080	$45,190	40
25	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$53,490	$38,480	410
26	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$53,460	$37,640	840
27	St Cloud, Minnesota	$53,280	$40,040	130
28	Albany, Oregon	$53,080	$40,970	60
29	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$53,050	$35,480	1,920
30	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$52,960	$36,750	140
31	Greeley, Colorado	$52,190	$38,150	120
32	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$52,150	$27,790	80
33	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$51,830	$40,860	930
34	Wausau, Wisconsin	$51,670	$37,370	230
35	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$51,580	$46,840	640
36	Stockton, California	$51,570	$40,610	140
37	Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas	$51,480	$31,570	170
38	Modesto, California	$51,290	$38,330	40
39	Wichita, Kansas	$51,130	$37,260	230
40	Merced, California	$50,890	$36,530	50
41	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$50,850	$35,450	30
42	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$50,600	$40,130	170
43	Worcester, Massachusetts	$50,370	$35,640	80
44	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$50,350	$38,130	80
45	Fresno, California	$50,290	$34,320	70
46	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$50,040	$37,140	70
47	Casper, Wyoming	$50,030	$41,340	70
48	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$49,920	$37,490	90
49	New Haven, Connecticut	$49,920	$44,130	70
50	Appleton, Wisconsin	$49,880	$37,730	130
51	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$49,720	$40,630	860
52	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$49,550	$39,400	30
53	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$49,500	$40,040	210
54	Evansville, Kentucky	$49,470	$31,970	180
55	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$49,470	$35,280	50
56	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$49,450	$39,020	30
57	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$49,430	$37,280	340
58	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$49,400	$38,310	400
59	Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$49,400	$43,290	30
60	Springfield, Massachusetts	$49,390	$38,860	180
61	Kansas City, Missouri	$49,340	$38,330	100
62	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$49,330	$36,800	70
63	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$49,200	$38,350	60
64	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$49,190	$38,880	40
65	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$49,130	$37,920	660
66	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$49,130	$40,290	60
67	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$49,050	$30,980	800
68	Yakima, Washington	$49,010	$38,130	60
69	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$48,980	$38,580	30
70	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$48,950	$38,060	340
71	Pueblo, Colorado	$48,900	$27,920	50
72	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$48,900	$36,080	30
73	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$48,870	$35,610	40
74	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$48,720	$37,540	270
75	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$48,680	$30,370	50
76	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$48,680	$39,230	50
77	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$48,640	$37,230	270
78	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$48,550	$37,990	660
79	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$48,530	$39,720	110
80	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$48,500	$40,540	170
81	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$48,480	$36,470	1,540
82	Olympia, Washington	$48,440	$40,110	60
83	Spokane, Washington	$48,400	$37,740	170
84	Madison, Wisconsin	$48,370	$46,220	600
85	Bellingham, Washington	$48,230	$37,160	40
86	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$48,170	$31,360	30
87	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$48,120	$38,590	50
88	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$48,100	$34,270	110
89	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$48,090	$29,950	340
90	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$47,960	$35,090	520
91	Janesville, Wisconsin	$47,940	$30,010	70
92	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$47,940	$37,920	50
93	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$47,890	$30,100	30
94	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$47,860	$37,360	250
95	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$47,850	$33,940	30
96	Manchester, New Hampshire	$47,810	$40,790	60
97	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$47,740	$36,990	140
98	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$47,740	$36,590	2,480
99	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$47,620	$37,370	190
100	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$47,600	$38,170	130

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for structural metal fabricators and fitters.