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Sheet Metal Workers vs Boilermakers

Compare Sheet Metal Workers and Boilermakers side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Boilermakers pays about $15k more.

Sheet Metal Workers

Median pay$62k
OutlookGrowing
AI exposureLow 7%, modeled
EducationApprenticeship
Reading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingMonitoringActive ListeningSpeaking

Boilermakers

Median pay$76k
OutlookDeclining
AI exposureLow 16%, modeled
EducationApprenticeship
Critical ThinkingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningSpeakingActive Learning
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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.