Skilled Wages

Sheet metal worker salary in Oklahoma

Median $31.56 an hour for 2,820 sheet metal workers, May 2025, with the union scale by county, the job trend since 1999 and the state's own outlook.

$31.56/hrMedian hourly wageOklahoma, May data
$65,640/yrMedian annual payfull-time equivalent
$22.11 – $38.0210th to 90th percentilehourly range
2,820Jobs countedemployer survey

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

Sheet metal worker pay in Oklahoma: the full range

Wage percentiles, OklahomaMarket wage, 10th-90th pctU.S. reference$10$20$30$40$50$60/hrOklahoma: 10th $22.11 · 25th $26.44 · median $31.56 · 75th $33.96 · 90th $38.02Oklahoma$31.56$22.11$38.02United 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: Oklahoma vs United States, May 2025.

Oklahoma ranks 16th of 50 states for median sheet metal worker pay, and 12th once adjusted for cost of living (the cost-of-living-adjusted median is $35.95). 2,820 sheet metal workers work in the state. The top 10% earn 1.7× what the bottom 10% earn.

Career stage (approximate)HourlyAnnualWhere it sits in the distribution
Apprentice / entry level$22.11 – $26.44$46,000 – $55,000roughly the 10th to 25th percentile
Journeyman$26.44 – $33.96$55,000 – $70,640the middle half, around the median
Master, foreman or specialist$33.96 – $38.02$70,640 – $79,090the 75th to 90th percentile and above

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Sheet metal worker pay by metro in Oklahoma

Ranked median wages$0$10$20$30$40/hrLawton: $35.34Lawton$35.34Oklahoma City: $32.76Oklahoma City$32.76Tulsa: $26.97Tulsa$26.97Fort Smith: $22.22Fort Smith$22.22
Median hourly wage for sheet metal workers by metro area in Oklahoma, May 2025.
Metro10thMedian $/hrCost-of-living adjusted90thJobsvs state
Lawton$15.56$35.34$41.14$37.324012% above
Oklahoma City$23.22$32.76$36.24$37.362,0704% above
Tulsa$18.41$26.97$30.24$38.7748015% below
Fort Smith$14.61$22.22$25.87$37.766030% below

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

Sheet metal worker wages in Oklahoma over time

Oklahoma, 1999-2025OklahomaUnited StatesSOC 2010SOC 2018 / Method changeExact wages$10$20$30$40200020052010201520202025$31.56Oklahoma$29.71United States
Median hourly wage for sheet metal workers, Oklahoma vs United States, 1999–2025, nominal dollars.
Table
YearOklahoma $/hrIn 2025 $US $/hrJobs
1999$12.29$23.75$14.092,990
2000$16.57$30.98$15.313,470
2001$16.79$30.52$15.973,320
2002$17.26$30.89$16.623,140
2003$16.62$29.08$16.833,040
2004$17.07$29.09$17.092,870
2005$18.22$30.03$17.502,990
2006$20.16$32.19$17.962,820
2007$20.02$31.09$18.852,790
2008$19.94$29.82$19.373,600
2009$20.94$31.42$19.543,320
2010$22.34$32.98$20.053,540
2011$23.50$33.63$20.553,190
2012$23.51$32.97$20.813,240
2013$23.51$32.49$21.103,410
2014$23.91$32.52$21.673,730
2015$24.00$32.60$21.993,720
2016$24.66$33.08$22.573,360
2017$25.01$32.85$23.073,210
2018$25.10$32.18$23.303,380
2019$26.00$32.74$24.233,410
2020$26.25$32.65$24.703,490
2021$26.95$32.02$25.693,140
2022$28.25$31.08$26.612,900
2023$29.49$31.16$28.262,750
2024$30.97$31.78$29.262,690
2025$31.56$31.56$29.712,820

In today's dollars, the median sheet metal worker wage in Oklahoma changed by -3.2% over the last ten years of data and by -3.6% since 2019.

Are there more sheet metal worker jobs in Oklahoma?

1.6Jobs per 1,000 in the stateconcentration 2.1× the US share, 1st of 50 states

BLS counted 2,820 sheet metal workers in Oklahoma in May 2025, an estimate with a relative standard error of 6%. 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 Oklahoma

-2.0%Projected growth in Oklahoma2024–2034, state agency
230Openings per yeargrowth plus replacements
2,970Jobs in 20242,910 projected for 2034
+2.5%US projected growth2025-35, BLS, for comparison

Oklahoma's labor market agency projects the number of sheet metal workers in the state to change by -2.0% between 2024 and 2034, from 2,970 to 2,910, with about 230 openings a year. Nationally, BLS projects +2.5% over 2025-35. State counts include the self-employed, so the base is larger than the 2,820 counted by the BLS employer survey.

Source: Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma

On federally funded construction in Oklahoma, contractors must pay sheet metal workers at least the Davis-Bacon rate for the county. 30 of the 77 counties with a Building rate use a union contract rate (typical package $49.74 an hour including fringe); the rest use a survey rate (typical $16.32). 47 of the 77 counties still use a survey rate dated 2012 or earlier (for example Alfalfa County at $16.32). The market median for the state is $31.56.

Union contract rateSurvey rate
Union / prevailing package, $/hr, OKAdair: $50.09 (union)Alfalfa: $16.32 (survey)Atoka: $50.09 (union)Beaver: $16.32 (survey)Beckham: $16.32 (survey)Blaine: $16.32 (survey)Bryan: $50.09 (union)Caddo: $16.32 (survey)Canadian: $25.83 (survey)Carter: $49.74 (union)Cherokee: $50.09 (union)Choctaw: $50.09 (union)Cimarron: $16.32 (survey)Cleveland: $25.83 (survey)Coal: $49.74 (union)Comanche: $21.82 (survey)Cotton: $16.32 (survey)Craig: $50.09 (union)Creek: $27.24 (survey)Custer: $16.32 (survey)Delaware: $50.09 (union)Dewey: $16.32 (survey)Ellis: $16.32 (survey)Garfield: $16.32 (survey)Garvin: $49.74 (union)Grady: $25.83 (survey)Grant: $16.32 (survey)Greer: $16.32 (survey)Harmon: $16.32 (survey)Harper: $16.32 (survey)Haskell: $49.74 (union)Hughes: $49.74 (union)Jackson: $38.43 (survey)Jefferson: $16.32 (survey)Johnston: $49.74 (union)Kay: $16.32 (survey)Kingfisher: $16.32 (survey)Kiowa: $16.32 (survey)Latimer: $49.74 (union)Le Flore: $27.24 (survey)Lincoln: $25.83 (survey)Logan: $25.83 (survey)Love: $49.74 (union)McClain: $25.83 (survey)McCurtain: $49.74 (union)McIntosh: $50.09 (union)Major: $16.32 (survey)Marshall: $49.74 (union)Mayes: $50.09 (union)Murray: $49.74 (union)Muskogee: $50.09 (union)Noble: $16.32 (survey)Nowata: $50.09 (union)Okfuskee: $50.09 (union)Oklahoma: $22.21 (survey)Okmulgee: $27.24 (survey)Osage: $27.24 (survey)Ottawa: $50.09 (union)Pawnee: $27.24 (survey)Payne: $16.32 (survey)Pittsburg: $49.74 (union)Pontotoc: $49.74 (union)Pottawatomie: $49.74 (union)Pushmataha: $49.74 (union)Roger Mills: $16.32 (survey)Rogers: $27.24 (survey)Seminole: $49.74 (union)Sequoyah: $27.24 (survey)Stephens: $16.32 (survey)Texas: $16.32 (survey)Tillman: $16.32 (survey)Tulsa: $27.04 (survey)Wagoner: $27.24 (survey)Washington: $50.09 (union)Washita: $16.32 (survey)Woods: $16.32 (survey)Woodward: $16.32 (survey)Union / prevailing package, $/hr$23.66$33.95$49.74survey 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 (survey)$10$20$30$40/hrSequoyah (Fort Smith): market median $22.22, prevailing (survey) $27.24, gap +$5.02Sequoyah (Fort Smith)+$5.02Creek (Tulsa): market median $26.97, prevailing (survey) $27.24, gap +$0.27Creek (Tulsa)+$0.27Canadian (Oklahoma City): market median $32.76, prevailing (survey) $25.83, gap −$6.93Canadian (Oklahoma City)−$6.93Comanche (Lawton): market median $35.34, prevailing (survey) $21.82, gap −$13.52Comanche (Lawton)−$13.52Garfield (Oklahoma): market median $31.56, prevailing (survey) $16.32, gap −$15.24Garfield (Oklahoma)−$15.24
Market median (BLS metro wage) vs the Davis-Bacon package (base + fringe) for sheet metal workers, metro counties in Oklahoma.
CountyRate sourceBaseFringeTotalDetermination
AdairUnion SHEE0270-009 2020-06-01$35.49$14.60$50.09OK20260067
AtokaUnion SHEE0270-009 2020-06-01$35.49$14.60$50.09OK20260069
BryanUnion SHEE0270-009 2020-06-01$35.49$14.60$50.09OK20260069
CherokeeUnion SHEE0270-009 2020-06-01$35.49$14.60$50.09OK20260067
ChoctawUnion SHEE0270-009 2020-06-01$35.49$14.60$50.09OK20260069
CraigUnion SHEE0270-009 2020-06-01$35.49$14.60$50.09OK20260072
DelawareUnion SHEE0270-009 2020-06-01$35.49$14.60$50.09OK20260072
McIntoshUnion SHEE0270-009 2020-06-01$35.49$14.60$50.09OK20260072
MayesUnion SHEE0270-009 2020-06-01$35.49$14.60$50.09OK20260059
MuskogeeUnion SHEE0270-009 2020-06-01$35.49$14.60$50.09OK20260061
NowataUnion SHEE0270-009 2020-06-01$35.49$14.60$50.09OK20260072
OkfuskeeUnion SHEE0270-009 2020-06-01$35.49$14.60$50.09OK20260072
OttawaUnion SHEE0270-009 2020-06-01$35.49$14.60$50.09OK20260062
WashingtonUnion SHEE0270-009 2020-06-01$35.49$14.60$50.09OK20260065
CarterUnion SHEE0124-014 2021-07-01$33.38$16.36$49.74OK20260037

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

Is construction work growing in Oklahoma?

93.5kConstruction jobsOklahoma, 2026-09
+3.8%Change over 12 monthsseasonally unadjusted
Construction employment, 1990-202620k40k60k80k100k120k1990199520002005201020152020202594kSep 2026
Construction employment in Oklahoma (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 59 counties that report both years, specialty trade contractor employment (all trades) went from 46,195 in 2015 to 53,001 in 2025, +14.7%.

CountyEstablishmentsEmployeesAverage annual payAvg weekly wage
Mayes County20478$102,889$1,979
Cherokee County20219$83,565$1,607
Creek County40321$75,845$1,459
Oklahoma County4134,458$73,806$1,419
Tulsa County3314,221$69,376$1,334
Grady County28190$62,547$1,203
McClain County43379$62,461$1,201
McCurtain County1554$61,832$1,189
Cleveland County1321,085$60,070$1,155
Okmulgee County1854$60,004$1,154
Logan County27141$58,637$1,128
Payne County33243$58,549$1,126

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Questions this page answers

How much do sheet metal workers make in Oklahoma?

The median sheet metal worker in Oklahoma earned $31.56 an hour ($65,640 a year) in May 2025, 6% above the national median of $29.71. The middle half earn $26.44–$33.96; the top 10% earn more than $38.02.

Where does Oklahoma rank for sheet metal worker pay?

Oklahoma ranks 16th of 50 states for sheet metal worker pay, with a median of $31.56 an hour, and 12th after adjusting for Oklahoma's cost of living (BEA price parity 87.8, US = 100).

What is the union sheet metal worker rate in Oklahoma?

Davis-Bacon determinations list a union contract rate for sheet metal workers in 30 counties, with a typical package of $49.74 an hour including fringe benefits; see the county table above.

How many sheet metal workers work in Oklahoma?

BLS counted 2,820 sheet metal workers in Oklahoma in May 2025, 1.6 per 1,000 jobs (location quotient 2.14; 1.0 is the national average concentration).

Is sheet metal worker work growing in Oklahoma?

Oklahoma's labor market agency projects -2.0% growth for sheet metal workers between 2024 and 2034, from 2,970 to 2,910 jobs.

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

Oklahoma projects about 230 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, Oklahoma 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: Oklahoma labor market information agency via Projections Central, 2024–2034, fetched 2026-10-05.