Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

This post summarizes key statistics on Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.

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Income Over Career
Top Industries
Education Distribution
Top Majors
Weekly Hours Distribution

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Age	IncMed
20	30,898
25	43,256
30	51,495
35	46,346
40	55,616
45	56,704
50	51,940
55	61,795
60	55,100
65	61,239

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	13.8
High School Degree	46.4
Some College, No Degree	22.1
Associate's Degree	10.1
Bachelor's Degree	7.1
Master's Degree	0.6
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.0
PhD	0.0

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	3.00
20-39	4.60
39-41	62.40
41-50	22.50
50-60	5.80
More than 60	1.70

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
31.60	68,064	Blast furnaces, steelworks, rolling and finishing mills
29.70	43,980	Miscellaneous fabricated metal products
7.90	54,975	Fabricated structural metal products
6.10	51,495	All construction
2.80	42,759	Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment
2.40	42,136	Machinery, except electrical, n.e.c.
1.40	39,692	Metal forgings and stampings
1.40	56,704	Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies, n.e.c.
1.40	56,704	Manufacturing industries, n.s.
1.30	51,495	Cycles and miscellaneous transportation equipment

This table highlights the top industries people working as Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
92.40	No 4-Year Degree	51,495
0.80	Marketing and Marketing Research	40,926
0.60	General Education	53,753
0.60	Criminal Justice and Fire Protection	81,029
0.50	General Engineering	60,765
0.50	Miscellaneous Engineering Technologies	62,373
0.50	Business Management and Administration	78,274
0.40	Mechanical Engineering	108,040
0.40	Fine Arts	3,421
0.40	General Business	72,094

This table highlights the top majors people working as Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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