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Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters pay in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA and Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters is $75,570 per year in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA. It is $57,560 per year in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA is 31.3% above Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-2041 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 30 wage and salary jobs in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA and 190 in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. 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.