Plumbers & Pipefitters vs Sheet Metal Workers
Compare Plumbers & Pipefitters and Sheet Metal Workers side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Plumbers & Pipefitters pays about $2k more.
Median pay$64k
OutlookGrowing fast
AI exposureLow 21%, modeled
EducationApprenticeship plus license
Critical ThinkingMonitoringReading ComprehensionSpeakingActive Listening
Median pay$62k
OutlookGrowing
AI exposureLow 7%, modeled
EducationApprenticeship
Reading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingMonitoringActive ListeningSpeaking
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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills: O*NET 30.3. AI exposure is a modeled estimate. How we model AI exposure.