The annual salary statistics of sheet metal workers in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of sheet metal workers in Lexington-Fayette is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $35,670 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $38,900 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $48,360 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $63,840 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $77,000 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sheet metal workers in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $77,000. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,360. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,670.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of sheet metal workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $48,360 | 3.56% | 27.44% |
| 2021 | $46,640 | 15.80% | - |
| 2020 | $39,270 | -9.27% | - |
| 2019 | $42,910 | -3.29% | - |
| 2018 | $44,320 | 1.40% | - |
| 2017 | $43,700 | 1.85% | - |
| 2016 | $42,890 | 7.23% | - |
| 2015 | $39,790 | 8.77% | - |
| 2014 | $36,300 | 0.19% | - |
| 2013 | $36,230 | 3.15% | - |
| 2012 | $35,090 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $48,360 in Lexington-Fayette is in the middle of salary range for sheet metal workers in state of Kentucky. In comparison, the annual salary of sheet metal workers in Lexington-Fayette is 16.7 percent (16.7%) lower than that in the highest paying West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area and 25.1 percent (25.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Bowling Green.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Evansville | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Owensboro | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Bowling Green |