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.
