Seamless Gutter Installer

Also called: Gutter Technician, Gutter Installer

Forms and hangs seamless gutters and downspouts on homes using a machine that bends metal coil into gutters on the spot.

A day in the life

You park a trailer with a gutter machine in the driveway, measure the roofline, and roll out a gutter exactly the right length. You and a partner lift it onto ladders, hang it with the right slope and install downspouts. Many installers do a few houses a day.

Pay over a career

Starting
$31k
Typical
$42k
High
$58k

Estimated.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma or less; learned on the job.

Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.

Outlook

Growing about average. Steady.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Low risk for 10 years. Gutter machines form the metal, but measuring, hanging and pitching gutters on ladders stays human.

Could start right away

Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to gutter companies for installer helper jobs

Start now, in high school

Classes: Shop class, Geometry.

Official data: O*NET occupation 47-4099.

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