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Sheet Metal Workers
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.
What a sheet metal worker does
Become a sheet metal worker
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good sheet metal worker
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $50 per hour with an average salary of $86,100 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $29 and $63 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $20,800 and $89,100 per year.
- 50% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $55 per hour with an average salary of $66,700 per year.
Sheet Metal Worker job outlook
- There are 3,313 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 476 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 4% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 17% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.