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Glaziers

SOC 47-2121

Install glass in windows, storefronts, and curtain walls.

The job
Median pay
$57k
$46k to $67k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+1.9% projected
Openings a year
4k
BLS projection
Typical education
Apprenticeship
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
7/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
5th pct
More exposed than 5% of occupations · modeled estimate · 13th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
54/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California7,0200.41.0×$64k
Florida6,3700.61.7×$47k
Texas5,8500.41.1×$48k
New York3,4000.40.9×$62k
Georgia2,5300.51.4×$43k
Arizona2,3700.71.9×$57k
Colorado2,0400.71.9×$62k
Michigan2,0400.51.2×$53k
Maryland1,8200.71.8×$60k
Ohio1,6700.30.8×$60k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Pennsylvania1,5100.20.7×$59k
Washington1,4600.41.1×$67k
Illinois1,4100.20.6×$62k
Indiana1,2700.41.1×$60k
Massachusetts1,0800.30.8×$101k
Utah9900.61.5×$51k
Virginia8900.20.6×$59k
Tennessee8800.30.7×$49k
North Carolina8400.20.5×$46k
Mississippi8200.71.9×$37k
New Jersey8200.20.5×$71k
South Carolina7400.30.8×$51k
Nevada7300.51.3×$49k
Oregon7000.40.9×$71k
Connecticut6900.41.1×$64k
Missouri6300.20.6×$51k
Louisiana6100.30.8×$47k
Idaho5800.71.8×$60k
Wisconsin5800.20.5×$62k
Kentucky5700.30.8×$49k
Arkansas4800.41.0×$45k
Minnesota4600.20.4×$66k
Kansas4400.30.8×$47k
Nebraska4400.41.1×$50k
Iowa4300.30.7×$57k
Oklahoma4300.30.7×$45k
Montana4100.82.1×$49k
New Mexico3800.41.2×$47k
Hawaii2800.41.2×$81k
Alaska2700.82.2×$63k
Alabama2600.10.3×$46k
South Dakota2200.51.3×$47k
Washington DC2000.30.8×$78k
Delaware1700.40.9×$57k~
Maine1500.20.6×$48k
New Hampshire1500.20.6×$59k
Rhode Island1500.30.8×$62k
West Virginia1400.20.5×$50k
Vermont1100.41.0×$60k
North Dakota800.20.5×$62k
Wyoming700.20.7×$55k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,030 jobs · $69k median
  2. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL2,330 jobs · $44k median
  3. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ2,000 jobs · $57k median
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,980 jobs · $49k median
  5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,980 jobs · $64k median
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,380 jobs · $63k median
  7. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,370 jobs · $48k median
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,260 jobs · $62k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.