Sheet Metal Workers Salary in Fairbanks, AK

Sheet Metal Workers pay range in Fairbanks

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $48,800 a year or less, while the top 10% make $116,830 or more. The middle half of sheet metal workers in Fairbanks earn between $51,310 and $103,730.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Sheet Metal Workers salary after taxes in Fairbanks

On the average salary of $76,470, a single filer in Fairbanks takes home about $62,627 a year, or $5,219 a month and $2,409 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax. Alaska's employee unemployment-insurance contribution is not included.

Is Fairbanks a good place for sheet metal workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Fairbanks area are 3% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 103.2), so the average $76,470 buys what about $74,093 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Fairbanks ($61,810). A typical home costs $312,179, or 4.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Sheet Metal Workers salary in other Alaska cities

Fairbanks ranks 2nd of 2 Alaska metro areas for this job; Anchorage pays the most ($85,540).

All Sheet Metal Workers salaries in Alaska

Highest-paying cities for sheet metal workers

Seattle, WA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($108,590).

Sheet Metal Workers salary by city

Related jobs in Fairbanks

• Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$103,690 a year
• Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$92,330 a year
• Carpenters$90,730 a year
• Electricians$89,180 a year
• Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$83,380 a year
• Construction Laborers$65,240 a year
• Painters, Construction and Maintenance$65,080 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$101,800 a year

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