Overview
1. Automation Risk
2. User Poll
3. Growth
4. Wages
5. Volume
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Sheet Metal Workers

Moderate Risk
47%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
47%
(Moderate Risk)
POLLING
47%
(Moderate Risk)
Average: 47%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
2.3%
by year 2033
WAGES
$58,780
or $28.26 per hour
Volume
116,190
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
4.6/10

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Calculated automation risk

47% (Moderate Risk)

Moderate Risk (41-60%): Occupations with a moderate risk of automation usually involve routine tasks but still require some human judgment and interaction.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Finger Dexterity

  • Assisting and Caring for Others

User poll

47% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 47% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Sheet Metal Workers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Sheet Metal Workers' job openings is expected to rise 2.3% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Wages

Moderately paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Sheet Metal Workers' was $58,780, or $28 per hour

'Sheet Metal Workers' were paid 22.3% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 116,190 people employed as 'Sheet Metal Workers' within the United States.

This represents around 0.08% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 1 thousand people are employed as 'Sheet Metal Workers'.

Job description

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.

SOC Code: 47-2211.00

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Comments

Dr.Jrae 3 years ago
Perhaps in the shop where they already using plasma burners or auto cad, maybe to help with the production of welding seems, but not in the field. It would cost the contractors far to much money to upgrade and install patches to get the simplest job resolved.
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Trailerparknick (Low) 4 years ago
There is no ductwork hanging robot, there is no ai capable of creating project specific solutions and real time implementing,
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Kwise (Low) 5 years ago
Installing sheet metal duct work in commercial buildings seems more difficult of a task than other jobs. Loading, unloading, navigating and bringing it into an unfinished building with obstacles. Let alone finding a place to store the duct work that does not need to be moved a bunch of times. Maybe delivering sheet metal duct work to the job.
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