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Jobs in Metalworking: Average Salaries and Descriptions

Jobs in Metalworking: Average Salaries and Descriptions

  • Metal and Plastic Machine Workers: $40,250 per year 

         Operate machines that cut, shape, and form metal and plastic materials

  • Welders: $41,380 per year

          Join metal parts together using high heat and pressure

  • Sheet Metal Workers: $50,400 per year

          Fabricate, install, and repair sheet metal products and systems

  • Ironworkers: $53,540 per year

          Erect and install structural steel and other metal products

  • Machinists: $45,050 per year

          Set up and operate machine tools to produce precision metal parts

  • Tool and Die Makers: $60,500 per year

          Design, create, and repair metal stamps, dies, and molds

  • Blacksmiths: $40,250 per year

          Forge and shape metal using heat and tools

  • Boilermakers: $61,150 per year

          Fabricate, install, and repair boilers, tanks, and other metal structures

  • Forgng Machine Setters: $44,870 per year

         Set up and operate forging machines to shape metal

  • Foundry Workers: $35,660 per year

          Cast metal products using molds and melting furnaces

  • Heat Treating Equipment Setters: $44,870 per year

          Set up and operate heat treating equipment to alter the physical properties of metal

  • Metal Fabricators: $42,490 per year

          Fabricate and assemble metal structures and products

  • Metal Injection Molding Machine Operators: $40,250 per year

          Operate machines that inject molten metal into molds to create metal parts

  • Metal Platers: $35,660 per year

          Coat metal surfaces with thin layers of metal using electroplating or other methods

  • Millwrights: $53,540 per year

          Install, dismantle, repair, and relocate machinery and other metal structures

  • Powder Metallurgy Machine Operators: $40,250 per year

          Operate machines that create metal parts by pressing metal powders into molds

  • Rolling Machine Setters: $44,870 per year

          Set up and operate machines that shape metal by rolling it through a series of rollers

  • Solderers: $37,830 per year

          Join metal parts together using soldering techniques

  • Structural Metal Fabricators: $42,490 per year

          Fabricate metal structures for buildings and other structures

  • Tapers: $40,250 per year

          Shape metal using lathes and other machine tools.

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