Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators salary

SOC 51-2051 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$46,880

per year, nationally

Middle half

$39,430–$54,490

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

16,170

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+4.2%

2,100 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$36,910$63,760

10th: $36,910
25th: $39,430
Median: $46,880
75th: $54,490
90th: $63,760

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where fiberglass laminators and fabricators earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Washington	$58,410	107.0	1,100	2.97×
2	Massachusetts	$55,980	105.8	200	0.53×
3	Pennsylvania	$54,800	97.6	270	0.42×
4	New Jersey	$54,080	108.8	680	1.54×
5	Idaho	$53,040	95.5	—	—
6	Tennessee	$52,120	91.9	590	1.74×
7	Maine	$50,710	97.0	320	4.73×
8	Iowa	$50,450	87.8	40	0.27×
9	Oregon	$49,850	103.4	160	0.80×
10	Rhode Island	$49,260	102.3	170	3.33×
11	Ohio	$49,130	92.8	490	0.84×
12	South Dakota	$48,410	88.6	70	1.43×
13	California	$47,750	110.7	850	0.45×
14	Nevada	$47,700	100.0	120	0.77×
15	Nebraska	$47,420	90.1	90	0.82×
16	New York	$47,300	107.9	120	0.11×
17	Florida	$47,140	103.4	2,870	2.78×
18	Missouri	$46,640	90.8	240	0.78×
19	Indiana	$45,820	93.3	2,010	6.04×
20	South Carolina	$45,250	93.7	480	2.02×
21	Utah	$44,510	98.9	50	0.25×
22	Texas	$44,450	97.1	1,050	0.72×
23	Wisconsin	$44,060	94.1	250	0.83×
24	Michigan	$43,980	96.2	520	1.14×
25	North Carolina	$43,890	94.3	850	1.65×
26	Colorado	$42,840	103.1	80	0.26×
27	Mississippi	$42,080	87.0	180	1.47×
28	Kansas	$40,460	90.1	210	1.43×
29	Louisiana	$40,000	88.2	220	1.07×
30	West Virginia	$39,450	89.5	80	1.14×
31	Arkansas	$39,320	86.9	360	2.65×
32	Oklahoma	$39,260	87.8	120	0.69×
33	Virginia	$39,140	101.1	160	0.37×
34	Alabama	$38,360	88.8	170	0.78×
35	Minnesota	$37,410	98.6	—	—
36	Georgia	$35,670	96.3	130	0.25×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where fiberglass laminators and fabricators wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for fiberglass laminators and fabricators

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Bellingham, WA	$73,920	103.3	30	3.24×
2	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$60,130	112.6	150	0.15×
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$59,400	110.4	50	0.45×
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$59,110	111.1	770	3.54×
5	St. Louis, MO-IL	$58,230	95.1	90	0.62×
6	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$56,850	102.4	70	12.63×
7	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$56,440	98.9	140	8.18×
8	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$55,990	108.3	100	0.37×
9	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$54,850	106.7	40	0.35×
10	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$54,080	102.6	560	1.86×
11	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$51,080	111.9	50	0.33×
12	Portland-South Portland, ME	$50,710	101.9	120	3.88×
13	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$50,520	105.4	70	0.59×
14	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$49,820	103.1	280	0.67×
15	Jacksonville, FL	$49,720	99.5	190	2.35×
16	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$49,650	102.4	170	4.83×
17	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$49,270	101.0	180	4.43×
18	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$49,260	101.8	220	2.94×
19	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$49,130	95.4	130	1.10×
20	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$48,550	100.0	50	2.02×
21	Elkhart-Goshen, IN	$47,960	90.3	1,050	78.83×
22	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$47,450	113.6	340	0.52×
23	Port St. Lucie, FL	$47,240	100.2	300	16.83×
24	Yakima, WA	$47,220	95.5	—	—
25	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$46,910	101.4	420	2.86×
26	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$46,200	114.2	430	1.47×
27	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$45,760	106.4	140	0.80×
28	Knoxville, TN	$45,690	92.6	80	1.83×
29	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$45,640	103.6	—	—
30	Columbia, SC	$44,950	93.7	170	4.15×
31	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$44,520	90.0	130	7.86×
32	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$44,270	95.5	140	2.21×
33	Green Bay, WI	$43,940	93.1	110	5.93×
34	Fort Wayne, IN	$43,490	92.6	80	3.33×
35	Mobile, AL	$41,600	88.1	40	2.03×
36	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$40,750	100.9	450	3.02×
37	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$39,450	94.2	70	6.39×
38	Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	$39,290	86.4	30	2.55×
39	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$38,530	97.3	70	0.51×
40	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$38,520	100.2	70	0.56×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where fiberglass laminators and fabricators wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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