How much do Sheet Metal Workers make in Terre Haute, IN?

Percentile spread

For Sheet Metal Workers, the published 10th percentile is $36,880 and the 90th percentile is $98,560. The difference is $61,680, which is 81.4% 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 $47,240 to the 75th at $88,960, covers $41,720.

The mean annual wage is $69,610, which sits below the median of $75,800. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Terre Haute, IN median is 22.7% higher than the national median of $61,800 for Sheet Metal Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $86,336, which is 39.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.4% higher than the Indiana median of $64,040.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Terre Haute, IN is 87.797, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,800 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sheet Metal Workers at $86,336 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

22 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sheet Metal Workers. Terre Haute, IN ranks 8th of 23 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).).

• Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 71 miles away, with a median of $65,840 and employment of 1,480. That median is 13.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,801, against $86,336 here.
• Champaign-Urbana, IL is 77 miles away, with a median of $92,710 and employment of 110. That median is 22.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $100,006, against $86,336 here.
• Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN is 77 miles away, with a median of $62,900 and employment of 140. That median is 17% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,323, against $86,336 here.

Employment share

Sheet Metal Workers accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Terre Haute, IN (80 of 65,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (119,770 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.59 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.