How much do Sheet Metal Workers make in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH?

Percentile spread

For Sheet Metal Workers, the published 10th percentile is $44,970 and the 90th percentile is $85,700. The difference is $40,730, which is 56.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $59,600 to the 75th at $81,500, covers $21,900.

The mean annual wage is $68,820, which sits below the median of $72,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH median is 17% higher than the national median of $61,800 for Sheet Metal Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $78,031, which is 26.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.3% lower than the Ohio median of $74,790.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH is 92.694, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $72,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sheet Metal Workers at $78,031 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

26 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sheet Metal Workers. Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH ranks 18th of 27 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 55 miles away, with a median of $73,690 and employment of 910. That median is 1.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,267, against $78,031 here.
• Columbus, OH is 70 miles away, with a median of $77,760 and employment of 760. That median is 7.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,451, against $78,031 here.
• Muncie, IN is 72 miles away, with a median of $55,280 and employment of 40. That median is 23.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,713, against $78,031 here.

Employment share

Sheet Metal Workers accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH (220 of 372,660). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (119,770 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.77 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.