Skilled Wages

Sheet metal worker salary in Mississippi

Median $23.80 an hour for 1,260 sheet metal workers, May 2025, with the union scale by county, the job trend since 1999 and the state's own outlook.

$23.80/hrMedian hourly wageMississippi, May data
$49,500/yrMedian annual payfull-time equivalent
$17.58 – $33.9610th to 90th percentilehourly range
1,260Jobs countedemployer survey

Data compiled by Skilled WagesBLS OEWS May 2025; prevailing wage as of 2026-11-13

Sheet metal worker pay in Mississippi: the full range

Wage percentiles, MississippiMarket wage, 10th-90th pctU.S. reference$10$20$30$40$50$60/hrMississippi: 10th $17.58 · 25th $18.78 · median $23.80 · 75th $30.12 · 90th $33.96Mississippi$23.80$17.58$33.96United States: 10th $18.57 · 25th $22.99 · median $29.71 · 75th $39.24 · 90th $50.79United States$29.71
Hourly wage percentiles for sheet metal workers: Mississippi vs United States, May 2025.

Mississippi ranks 45th of 50 states for median sheet metal worker pay, and 38th once adjusted for cost of living (the cost-of-living-adjusted median is $27.36). 1,260 sheet metal workers work in the state. The top 10% earn 1.9× what the bottom 10% earn.

Career stage (approximate)HourlyAnnualWhere it sits in the distribution
Apprentice / entry level$17.58 – $18.78$36,560 – $39,070roughly the 10th to 25th percentile
Journeyman$18.78 – $30.12$39,070 – $62,650the middle half, around the median
Master, foreman or specialist$30.12 – $33.96$62,650 – $70,630the 75th to 90th percentile and above

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Sheet metal worker pay by metro in Mississippi

Ranked median wages$0$10$20$30$40/hrGulfport: $30.12Gulfport$30.12Memphis: $29.22Memphis$29.22Jackson: $23.85Jackson$23.85
Median hourly wage for sheet metal workers by metro area in Mississippi, May 2025.
Metro10thMedian $/hrCost-of-living adjusted90thJobsvs state
Gulfport$18.78$30.12$33.47$30.1250027% above
Memphis$19.03$29.22$31.69$39.3531023% above
Jackson$17.90$23.85$26.80$38.00210about the same as

Cost-of-living adjusted: median divided by the BEA regional price parity for the metro (2024, US = 100).

Sheet metal worker wages in Mississippi over time

Mississippi, 1999-2025MississippiUnited StatesSOC 2010SOC 2018 / Method changeExact wages$0$10$20$30$40200020052010201520202025$29.71United States$23.80Mississippi
Median hourly wage for sheet metal workers, Mississippi vs United States, 1999–2025, nominal dollars.
Table
YearMississippi $/hrIn 2025 $US $/hrJobs
1999$11.09$21.43$14.092,110
2000$10.65$19.91$15.312,110
2001$11.46$20.83$15.972,030
2002$12.07$21.60$16.621,660
2003$11.97$20.94$16.831,610
2004$11.92$20.32$17.091,660
2005$12.18$20.08$17.501,990
2006$12.44$19.87$17.961,840
2007$13.13$20.39$18.851,950
2008$13.42$20.07$19.371,760
2009$14.63$21.95$19.541,560
2010$14.96$22.09$20.051,310
2011$17.55$25.12$20.551,730
2012$17.14$24.03$20.812,020
2013$18.02$24.90$21.102,160
2014$16.78$22.82$21.671,900
2015$16.57$22.51$21.991,790
2016$16.56$22.21$22.571,810
2017$17.67$23.21$23.071,410
2018$18.30$23.46$23.301,550
2019$20.03$25.22$24.231,380
2020$22.57$28.08$24.701,430
2021$19.08$22.67$25.691,250
2022$19.17$21.09$26.611,380
2023$22.00$23.24$28.261,120
2024$23.57$24.19$29.261,140
2025$23.80$23.80$29.711,260

In today's dollars, the median sheet metal worker wage in Mississippi changed by +5.7% over the last ten years of data and by -5.6% since 2019.

Are there more sheet metal worker jobs in Mississippi?

1.1Jobs per 1,000 in the stateconcentration 1.4× the US share, 11th of 50 states

BLS counted 1,260 sheet metal workers in Mississippi in May 2025, an estimate with a relative standard error of 9%. With fewer than 3,000 jobs or a wide margin of error, year-to-year changes are within the survey's noise and are not shown as a trend.

Outlook for sheet metal workers in Mississippi

+11.5%Projected growth in Mississippi2024–2034, state agency
120Openings per yeargrowth plus replacements
1,220Jobs in 20241,360 projected for 2034
+2.5%US projected growth2025-35, BLS, for comparison

Mississippi's labor market agency projects the number of sheet metal workers in the state to change by +11.5% between 2024 and 2034, from 1,220 to 1,360, with about 120 openings a year. Nationally, BLS projects +2.5% over 2025-35. State counts include the self-employed and use a different base year, so they do not match the 1,260 counted by the BLS employer survey.

Source: Mississippi labor market information agency via Projections Central, 2024–2034 long-term projections (state projections page).

Union scale and prevailing wage for sheet metal workers in Mississippi

On federally funded construction in Mississippi, contractors must pay sheet metal workers at least the Davis-Bacon rate for the county. 11 of the 82 counties with a Building rate use a union contract rate (typical package $44.33 an hour including fringe); the rest use a survey rate (typical $20.63). 71 of the 82 counties still use a survey rate dated 2017 or earlier (for example Adams County at $20.35). The market median for the state is $23.80.

Union contract rateSurvey rate
Union / prevailing package, $/hr, MSAdams: $20.35 (survey)Alcorn: $33.04 (survey)Amite: $20.35 (survey)Attala: $33.04 (survey)Benton: $53.17 (union)Bolivar: $33.04 (survey)Calhoun: $33.04 (survey)Carroll: $33.04 (survey)Chickasaw: $33.04 (survey)Choctaw: $33.04 (survey)Claiborne: $20.35 (survey)Clarke: $20.63 (survey)Clay: $33.04 (survey)Coahoma: $33.04 (survey)Copiah: $18.35 (survey)Covington: $20.35 (survey)DeSoto: $53.17 (union)Forrest: $44.33 (union)Franklin: $20.35 (survey)George: $20.63 (survey)Greene: $20.63 (survey)Grenada: $33.04 (survey)Hancock: $44.33 (union)Harrison: $44.33 (union)Hinds: $18.35 (survey)Holmes: $33.04 (survey)Humphreys: $33.04 (survey)Issaquena: $20.35 (survey)Itawamba: $33.04 (survey)Jackson: $44.33 (union)Jasper: $20.63 (survey)Jefferson: $20.35 (survey)Jefferson Davis: $20.35 (survey)Jones: $20.63 (survey)Kemper: $20.63 (survey)Lafayette: $33.04 (survey)Lamar: $44.33 (union)Lauderdale: $20.63 (survey)Lawrence: $20.35 (survey)Leake: $20.63 (survey)Lee: $33.04 (survey)Leflore: $33.04 (survey)Lincoln: $20.35 (survey)Lowndes: $33.04 (survey)Madison: $18.35 (survey)Marion: $20.35 (survey)Marshall: $53.17 (union)Monroe: $33.04 (survey)Montgomery: $33.04 (survey)Neshoba: $20.63 (survey)Newton: $20.63 (survey)Noxubee: $33.04 (survey)Oktibbeha: $33.04 (survey)Panola: $33.04 (survey)Pearl River: $20.63 (survey)Perry: $44.33 (union)Pike: $20.35 (survey)Pontotoc: $33.04 (survey)Prentiss: $33.04 (survey)Quitman: $33.04 (survey)Rankin: $18.35 (survey)Scott: $20.63 (survey)Sharkey: $20.35 (survey)Simpson: $18.35 (survey)Smith: $20.63 (survey)Stone: $20.63 (survey)Sunflower: $33.04 (survey)Tallahatchie: $33.04 (survey)Tate: $53.17 (union)Tippah: $33.04 (survey)Tishomingo: $33.04 (survey)Tunica: $53.17 (union)Union: $33.04 (survey)Walthall: $20.35 (survey)Warren: $20.35 (survey)Washington: $33.04 (survey)Wayne: $20.63 (survey)Webster: $33.04 (survey)Wilkinson: $20.35 (survey)Winston: $33.04 (survey)Yalobusha: $33.04 (survey)Yazoo: $20.35 (survey)Union / prevailing package, $/hr$20.35$20.63$33.04survey rate
Davis-Bacon base + fringe for sheet metal workers by county, Building construction. Hatched counties use a survey rate rather than a union contract.
Market median vs prevailing wage by countyMarket medianPrevailing (union)Prevailing (survey)$20$30$40$50$60/hrBenton (Memphis): market median $29.22, prevailing (union) $53.17, gap +$23.95Benton (Memphis)+$23.95Forrest (Mississippi): market median $23.80, prevailing (union) $44.33, gap +$20.53Forrest (Mississippi)+$20.53Hancock (Gulfport): market median $30.12, prevailing (union) $44.33, gap +$14.21Hancock (Gulfport)+$14.21Holmes (Jackson): market median $23.85, prevailing (survey) $33.04, gap +$9.19Holmes (Jackson)+$9.19
Market median (BLS metro wage) vs the Davis-Bacon package (base + fringe) for sheet metal workers, metro counties in Mississippi.
CountyRate sourceBaseFringeTotalDetermination
BentonUnion SHEE0004-002 2024-01-01$34.95$18.22$53.17MS20260054
DeSotoUnion SHEE0004-002 2024-01-01$34.95$18.22$53.17MS20260054
MarshallUnion SHEE0004-002 2024-01-01$34.95$18.22$53.17MS20260054
TateUnion SHEE0004-002 2024-01-01$34.95$18.22$53.17MS20260054
TunicaUnion SHEE0004-002 2024-01-01$34.95$18.22$53.17MS20260054
ForrestUnion SHEE0441-006 2022-07-01$30.45$13.88$44.33MS20260048
HancockUnion SHEE0441-006 2022-07-01$30.45$13.88$44.33MS20260049
HarrisonUnion SHEE0441-006 2022-07-01$30.45$13.88$44.33MS20260050
JacksonUnion SHEE0441-006 2022-07-01$30.45$13.88$44.33MS20260052
LamarUnion SHEE0441-006 2022-07-01$30.45$13.88$44.33MS20260056
PerryUnion SHEE0441-006 2022-07-01$30.45$13.88$44.33MS20260056
AlcornSurvey SUMS2015-006 2017-04-03$21.86$11.18$33.04MS20260045
AttalaSurvey SUMS2015-007 2017-04-03$21.86$11.18$33.04MS20260046
BolivarSurvey SUMS2015-007 2017-04-03$21.86$11.18$33.04MS20260046
CalhounSurvey SUMS2015-006 2017-04-03$21.86$11.18$33.04MS20260045

Building construction type, current revisions as of 2026-11-13. Residential, Heavy and Highway rates differ; look them up on the Mississippi prevailing wage page. This is not the official wage determination.

Is construction work growing in Mississippi?

55.6kConstruction jobsMississippi, 2026-09
+3.2%Change over 12 monthsseasonally unadjusted
Construction employment, 1990-202620k30k40k50k60k70k1990199520002005201020152020202556kSep 2026
Construction employment in Mississippi (thousands), construction supersector, BLS CES, not seasonally adjusted. Grey bands are recessions.

Contractor pay by county

Average pay at plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors establishments by county (all employees, not just sheet metal workers), from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025 annual averages. Across the 55 counties that report both years, specialty trade contractor employment (all trades) went from 21,883 in 2015 to 25,233 in 2025, +15.3%.

CountyEstablishmentsEmployeesAverage annual payAvg weekly wage
Madison County36498$88,140$1,695
Hancock County18275$77,716$1,495
George County8107$74,100$1,425
Attala County9188$70,177$1,350
Panola County799$70,128$1,349
Marshall County12203$69,072$1,328
DeSoto County57729$68,487$1,317
Washington County1353$68,231$1,312
Rankin County75702$66,704$1,283
Hinds County58743$66,259$1,274
Simpson County13284$65,663$1,263
Alcorn County621$62,842$1,209

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Questions this page answers

How much do sheet metal workers make in Mississippi?

The median sheet metal worker in Mississippi earned $23.80 an hour ($49,500 a year) in May 2025, 20% below the national median of $29.71. The middle half earn $18.78–$30.12; the top 10% earn more than $33.96.

Where does Mississippi rank for sheet metal worker pay?

Mississippi ranks 45th of 50 states for sheet metal worker pay, with a median of $23.80 an hour, and 38th after adjusting for Mississippi's cost of living (BEA price parity 87.0, US = 100).

What is the union sheet metal worker rate in Mississippi?

Davis-Bacon determinations list a union contract rate for sheet metal workers in 11 counties, with a typical package of $44.33 an hour including fringe benefits; see the county table above.

How many sheet metal workers work in Mississippi?

BLS counted 1,260 sheet metal workers in Mississippi in May 2025, 1.1 per 1,000 jobs (location quotient 1.41; 1.0 is the national average concentration).

Is sheet metal worker work growing in Mississippi?

Mississippi's labor market agency projects +11.5% growth for sheet metal workers between 2024 and 2034, from 1,220 to 1,360 jobs.

How many sheet metal worker openings a year are there in Mississippi?

Mississippi projects about 120 openings a year for sheet metal workers over 2024–2034, counting both new positions and replacements for people who retire or change occupation. Nationally BLS projects about 9,800 a year.

Sources and notes

  • BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Mississippi and metro areas, SOC 47-2211. Job counts are survey estimates and exclude the self-employed.
  • BLS Current Employment Statistics, state construction employment through 2026-09.
  • BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025 annual averages.
  • BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (cost-of-living adjustment).
  • SAM.gov Davis-Bacon wage determinations, current revisions as of 2026-11-13. Not the official determination.
  • BLS Employment Projections, national, 2025-35.
  • State projection: Mississippi labor market information agency via Projections Central, 2024–2034, fetched 2026-10-05.