Sheet Metal Worker apprenticeships in Bloomington, IL
Bloomington, IL is a smaller U.S. metro. Here is what working as a sheet metal worker looks like locally.
KEY FACTS — BLOOMINGTON, IL
Source: Census ACS 5-year PUMS (state-rate projection onto metro OEWS employment).
Source: BLS OEWS.
Source: Projections Central data; score computed by Prentice.
Source: Census ACS 2022 5-year.
A framing, not a forecast. See methodology.
Numerator: unavailable.
Bloomington, IL is one of Illinois's labor markets for sheet metal workers. This page collects what adults switching into a career as a sheet metal worker inside the Bloomington metro need first: how local pay compares to the state, what the available labor-market data says about six-figure work, and which statewide programs and licensing rules apply locally.
Pay for sheet metal worker roles in Illinois runs from $17/hr at entry to $29/hr at the state median and $45/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $60K avg salary. The Bloomington metro is a smaller U.S. MSA; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix. Metro-specific OEWS pay bands are not interpolated on this page; figures above are the parent state pay snapshot.
Metro-level six-figure sheet metal worker counts for the Bloomington metro are not yet published; the estimate is suppressed or pending ingestion. Bachelor's-plus in the metro labor force: 48K (ACS 2022 5-year). For statewide context: Illinois shows ~1.2K of 4.2K (~28%). Sources: BLS OEWS, Census ACS.
Statewide sheet metal worker programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the Illinois programs page; none are flagged as metro-exclusive. Metro program and association references are inherited from sourced state pages unless a metro-exclusive entity is explicitly sourced. Treat them as orientation, not a complete local inventory, and verify current intake details with the statewide source or sponsor before relying. Licensing is set at the state level: Illinois rules apply in the Bloomington metro unless a local authority says otherwise. Metro pages use state-level licensing and program context unless a city, county, or sponsor rule is explicitly sourced. Verify current licensing, local add-ons, and sponsor requirements with the official state or local authority before relying. Smaller MSAs like the Bloomington metro often source sheet metal worker apprentices from a 60-mile radius into the nearest larger urban center; check with the state programs page for the closest active intake.
Union apprenticeship programs in Bloomington, IL
Verified sheet metal worker union locals with public-facing city, jurisdiction, training, and official-site details.
SMART Local 1
Jurisdiction:Central Illinois jurisdiction covering Local 1 North and South: Bureau, La Salle, Marshall, Putnam, Stark, Fulton, McLean, Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford counties.
Training:Consolidated Sheet Metal Local 1 Joint Apprenticeship Training Fund (Morton, IL)
Official site →SMART Local 20
Jurisdiction:Indiana-based Local 20 serves the entire state of Indiana with listed exceptions and also Clark, Crawford, Edgar, and Lawrence counties in Illinois.
Training:Sheet Metal Workers Local 20 Apprenticeship & Training Program
Official site →Verified-source check recorded in the union dataset; this data snapshot does not carry per-local verification dates.
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SHEET METAL WORKER PAY SNAPSHOT — BLOOMINGTON, IL
No MSA-specific OEWS median published for sheet metal worker in Bloomington, IL. State-level median: $93,570 (Illinois).
Source: BLS OEWS MSA cross-industry estimates. Where MSA-level data is suppressed or unpublished we fall back to the state median and label it explicitly.
Programs across Illinois
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