Sheet Metal Workers Salary — Richmond, Virginia

The average Sheet Metal Workers in Richmond, Virginia earns $52,490 a year.

$52,490 / year, mean
↓ 24.1% below national average 71th percentile in Virginia

Richmond pays well above most of Virginia for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's noticeably below the national average for sheet metal workers, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
610
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.8%
Cost of living 98 #76 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1524 #67 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $397,705 #53 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $84,405 #39 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Richmond ranks #76 for cost of living and #53 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Seattle $108,590 San Francisco $105,760 San Jose $105,710 Olympia $104,520 Kennewick $97,940 Bellingham $93,110 Salinas $93,110 Atlantic City $91,890 Santa Rosa $90,490 Portland $87,490 Chicago $85,620 New York $84,380 Bremerton $84,070 Springfield $83,650 Sacramento $83,490 San Diego $82,620 Spokane $82,430 Michigan City $82,370 Visalia $81,900 Los Angeles $81,680 Rockford $81,640 Peoria $81,490 Fresno $81,390 Champaign $81,120 Philadelphia $80,970 Reading $80,140 Yakima $79,550 Bakersfield $79,330 Allentown $79,280 Santa Maria $78,840 Hanford $78,830 Stockton $78,720 Modesto $78,450 Flint $77,660 Riverside $76,180 Glens Falls $75,780 Oxnard $74,670 Scranton $74,570 Kalamazoo $74,110 Kingston $73,810 South Bend $73,310 Harrisburg $72,750 Buffalo $72,210 Indianapolis $71,940 Mount Vernon $71,760 Ann Arbor $71,740 Detroit $71,160 Albany $71,150 Lancaster $69,980 Bend $69,930 Battle Creek $69,730 Terre Haute $69,610 Evansville $69,380 Vallejo $69,120 Muskegon $69,050 Eugene $69,040 Lafayette $68,940 Columbus $68,770 Fort Wayne $68,570 Lansing $68,340 Lebanon $68,060 Weirton $68,020 Parkersburg $67,890 Paducah $67,800 Salem $67,440 Erie $67,410 York $66,780 Syracuse $66,690 Kiryas Joel $66,290 Louisville $65,530 Binghamton $65,400 Rochester $65,130 Albany $64,710 Lexington Park $64,350 Corpus Christi $64,200 Elkhart $64,180 Traverse City $64,130 Wheeling $64,030 Medford $63,940 Dover $63,500 Pittsburgh $62,960 Hagerstown $62,750 Bay City $62,030 Niles $61,960 Utica $61,740 Baltimore $61,650 Huntington $61,590 Altoona $61,290 Grand Rapids $60,740 Charleston $60,620 Muncie $59,000 Virginia Beach $58,580 Austin $58,030 Dallas $57,970 San Antonio $57,880 Houston $56,330 Miami $56,310 Orlando $55,920 Crestview $54,790 Palm Bay $53,960 Wichita Falls $53,860 Charlottesville $53,620 Bowling Green $53,200 Fort Myers $52,850 Richmond $52,490 Jacksonville $51,670 El Paso $51,460 Amarillo $50,910 Killeen $50,330 Tampa $50,160 Sarasota $49,920 Pensacola $49,790 Tyler $49,760 Lynchburg $49,470 Panama City $49,320 Lubbock $49,200 Roanoke $48,720 Texarkana $48,610 Tallahassee $48,460 Deltona $48,240 Lakeland $48,080 Winchester $47,080 Abilene $46,210 McAllen $46,180 Longview $44,310 Gainesville $44,040 Homosassa Springs $43,780 Blacksburg $42,850
CityMean salaryvs. Richmond
Abilene, Texas$46,210-12.0%
Albany, Oregon$64,710+23.3%
Albany, New York$71,150+35.5%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$79,280+51.0%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$61,290+16.8%
Amarillo, Texas$50,910-3.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$71,740+36.7%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$91,890+75.1%
Austin, Texas$58,030+10.6%
Bakersfield, California$79,330+51.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$61,650+17.5%
Battle Creek, Michigan$69,730+32.8%
Bay City, Michigan$62,030+18.2%
Bellingham, Washington$93,110+77.4%
Bend, Oregon$69,930+33.2%
Binghamton, New York$65,400+24.6%
Blacksburg, Virginia$42,850-18.4%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$53,200+1.4%
Bremerton, Washington$84,070+60.2%
Buffalo, New York$72,210+37.6%
Fort Myers, Florida$52,850+0.7%
Champaign, Illinois$81,120+54.5%
Charleston, West Virginia$60,620+15.5%
Charlottesville, Virginia$53,620+2.2%
Chicago, Illinois$85,620+63.1%
Columbus, Indiana$68,770+31.0%
Corpus Christi, Texas$64,200+22.3%
Crestview, Florida$54,790+4.4%
Dallas, Texas$57,970+10.4%
Deltona, Florida$48,240-8.1%
Detroit, Michigan$71,160+35.6%
Dover, Delaware$63,500+21.0%
Elkhart, Indiana$64,180+22.3%
El Paso, Texas$51,460-2.0%
Erie, Pennsylvania$67,410+28.4%
Eugene, Oregon$69,040+31.5%
Evansville, Indiana$69,380+32.2%
Flint, Michigan$77,660+48.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$68,570+30.6%
Fresno, California$81,390+55.1%
Gainesville, Florida$44,040-16.1%
Glens Falls, New York$75,780+44.4%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$60,740+15.7%
Hagerstown, Maryland$62,750+19.5%
Hanford, California$78,830+50.2%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$72,750+38.6%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$43,780-16.6%
Houston, Texas$56,330+7.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$61,590+17.3%
Indianapolis, Indiana$71,940+37.1%
Jacksonville, Florida$51,670-1.6%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$74,110+41.2%
Kennewick, Washington$97,940+86.6%
Killeen, Texas$50,330-4.1%
Kingston, New York$73,810+40.6%
Kiryas Joel, New York$66,290+26.3%
Lafayette, Indiana$68,940+31.3%
Lakeland, Florida$48,080-8.4%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$69,980+33.3%
Lansing, Michigan$68,340+30.2%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$68,060+29.7%
Lexington Park, Maryland$64,350+22.6%
Longview, Texas$44,310-15.6%
Los Angeles, California$81,680+55.6%
Louisville, Kentucky$65,530+24.8%
Lubbock, Texas$49,200-6.3%
Lynchburg, Virginia$49,470-5.8%
McAllen, Texas$46,180-12.0%
Medford, Oregon$63,940+21.8%
Miami, Florida$56,310+7.3%
Michigan City, Indiana$82,370+56.9%
Modesto, California$78,450+49.5%
Mount Vernon, Washington$71,760+36.7%
Muncie, Indiana$59,000+12.4%
Muskegon, Michigan$69,050+31.5%
New York, New York$84,380+60.8%
Niles, Michigan$61,960+18.0%
Sarasota, Florida$49,920-4.9%
Olympia, Washington$104,520+99.1%
Orlando, Florida$55,920+6.5%
Oxnard, California$74,670+42.3%
Paducah, Kentucky$67,800+29.2%
Palm Bay, Florida$53,960+2.8%
Panama City, Florida$49,320-6.0%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$67,890+29.3%
Pensacola, Florida$49,790-5.1%
Peoria, Illinois$81,490+55.2%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$80,970+54.3%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$62,960+19.9%
Portland, Oregon$87,490+66.7%
Reading, Pennsylvania$80,140+52.7%
Riverside, California$76,180+45.1%
Roanoke, Virginia$48,720-7.2%
Rochester, New York$65,130+24.1%
Rockford, Illinois$81,640+55.5%
Sacramento, California$83,490+59.1%
Salem, Oregon$67,440+28.5%
Salinas, California$93,110+77.4%
San Antonio, Texas$57,880+10.3%
San Diego, California$82,620+57.4%
San Francisco, California$105,760+101.5%
San Jose, California$105,710+101.4%
Santa Maria, California$78,840+50.2%
Santa Rosa, California$90,490+72.4%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$74,570+42.1%
Seattle, Washington$108,590+106.9%
South Bend, Indiana$73,310+39.7%
Spokane, Washington$82,430+57.0%
Springfield, Illinois$83,650+59.4%
Stockton, California$78,720+50.0%
Syracuse, New York$66,690+27.1%
Tallahassee, Florida$48,460-7.7%
Tampa, Florida$50,160-4.4%
Terre Haute, Indiana$69,610+32.6%
Texarkana, Texas$48,610-7.4%
Traverse City, Michigan$64,130+22.2%
Tyler, Texas$49,760-5.2%
Utica, New York$61,740+17.6%
Vallejo, California$69,120+31.7%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$58,580+11.6%
Visalia, California$81,900+56.0%
Weirton, West Virginia$68,020+29.6%
Wheeling, West Virginia$64,030+22.0%
Wichita Falls, Texas$53,860+2.6%
Winchester, Virginia$47,080-10.3%
Yakima, Washington$79,550+51.6%
York, Pennsylvania$66,780+27.2%
Gross salary
52,490/yr
Estimated take-home
42,152/yr
Est. total withheld
19.7%

Single filer, federal + Virginia state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 47-2211 SOC code
Official area Richmond, VA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 40060 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: va_tax_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
1,327,321