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Sheet Metal Workers pay in New Haven, CT and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Sheet Metal Workers is $68,640 per year in New Haven, CT. It is $109,830 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. New Haven, CT is 37.5% below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-2211 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 180 wage and salary jobs in New Haven, CT and 2,190 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings