Los Angeles County / Public Works Department / Sheet Metal Worker
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
2 employees hold this title in Public Works Department. Median total compensation for the role is $174,592, above the department median of $147,401.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Sheet Metal Workers — about 2,440 people — is $72,710. Public Works Department pays a median base salary of $99,259 for this role, 37% above that figure — about the 71st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Sheet Metal Workers across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Works Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Sheet Metal Workers — about 119,770 people — is $61,800. Public Works Department’s median base salary is 61% above that national figure, about the 86th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works Department is $174,592, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Sheet Metal Worker is held in 9 Los Angeles County departments. In Public Works Department, the median of $174,592 ranks #4 of 9.
Median total compensation for the Sheet Metal Worker role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $174,661 ranks #2 of 6. See Sheet Metal Worker across all of Los Angeles County →
Median total compensation for comparable Sheet Metal Worker roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Sheet Metal Worker/Public Works Department
Joseph Portillo is a Sheet Metal Worker at Public Works Department. 2025 total compensation came to $185,175.
Sheet Metal Worker/Public Works Department
At Public Works Department, Mike Rivera serves as a Sheet Metal Worker. Their 2025 pay totaled $164,008.