The map below shows you the number of metal sander job openings in each state. The darker areas on the map show where metal sanders earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.

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We spoke to metal sander professors and experts from several universities and companies to get their opinions on where the metal sander job market for recent graduates is heading and how young graduates entering the metal sander industry can be adequately prepared. Here are their thoughts.

No, metal sander jobs are not in demand. Metal sander demand is projected to decline -5% from 2018 to 2028.

Year	# of jobs	% of population
2021	39	0.00%
2020	60	0.00%
2019	73	0.00%
2018	76	0.00%
2017	76	0.00%

Year	Avg. salary	Hourly rate	% Change
2025	$33,093	$15.91	+3.8%
2024	$31,894	$15.33	+3.6%
2023	$30,800	$14.81	+2.5%
2022	$30,049	$14.45	+0.4%
2021	$29,934	$14.39	+0.4%

Rank	State	Population	# of jobs	Employment/ 1000ppl
1	Tennessee	6,715,984	38	1%
2	South Carolina	5,024,369	32	1%
3	Kansas	2,913,123	17	1%
4	Maine	1,335,907	8	1%
5	Texas	28,304,596	45	0%
6	Virginia	8,470,020	41	0%
7	Pennsylvania	12,805,537	37	0%
8	Wisconsin	5,795,483	26	0%
9	New York	19,849,399	23	0%
10	Minnesota	5,576,606	23	0%
11	Washington	7,405,743	21	0%
12	Illinois	12,802,023	12	0%
13	Indiana	6,666,818	12	0%
14	New Jersey	9,005,644	9	0%
15	Iowa	3,145,711	6	0%
16	Arkansas	3,004,279	6	0%
17	Idaho	1,716,943	4	0%
18	North Dakota	755,393	2	0%
19	Alaska	739,795	2	0%
20	New Mexico	2,088,070	0	0%

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