Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators salary

What Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators earn across the United States and in the largest metro areas — the official BLS OEWS May 2025 figures.

National wages — United States

Nationally, BLS estimates 1,405,030 Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators jobs — 0.9% of all US employment. The national median wage is $44,650 a year ($21.47 an hour) and the mean is $46,660 a year, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (released May 15, 2026), retrieved October 27, 2026.

Wage level	Hourly	Annual
Mean	$22.43	$46,660
10th percentile	$16.00	$33,280
25th percentile	$17.97	$37,380
Median (50th percentile)	$21.47	$44,650
75th percentile	$24.61	$51,200
90th percentile	$31.19	$64,880

Median pay by metro area

Metro area	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment	vs US median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$60,250	$28.97	17,700	+34.9%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$50,150	$24.11	9,730	+12.3%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$49,240	$23.67	55,100	+10.3%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$47,860	$23.01	9,900	+7.2%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$47,350	$22.77	8,340	+6.0%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$47,200	$22.69	29,570	+5.7%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$47,180	$22.69	6,500	+5.7%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$46,910	$22.55	4,360	+5.1%
St. Louis, MO-IL	$46,570	$22.39	10,680	+4.3%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$46,400	$22.31	3,190	+3.9%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$46,190	$22.21	33,310	+3.4%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$45,110	$21.69	18,680	+1.0%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$44,660	$21.47	13,000	+0.0%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$43,970	$21.14	3,170	-1.5%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$43,650	$20.99	47,970	-2.2%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$43,120	$20.73	10,880	-3.4%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$42,240	$20.31	14,100	-5.4%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$39,850	$19.16	6,220	-10.8%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$39,640	$19.06	26,880	-11.2%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$38,960	$18.73	22,970	-12.7%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$38,340	$18.43	31,310	-14.1%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$38,010	$18.28	9,800	-14.9%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$37,930	$18.23	7,060	-15.1%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$37,890	$18.22	21,170	-15.1%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$37,500	$18.03	4,970	-16.0%

Each metro page carries the full OEWS wage distribution, the employment figures, and the estimated take-home pay on that metro's median under 2026 tax rules.

Sources

Wage data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (released May 15, 2026), retrieved October 27, 2026 — bls.gov/oes. Take-home estimates are computed by this site's paycheck engine with 2026 rules.