Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Salary

Also known as: Welder

Median Salary
$53,750
per year
Hourly Rate
$25.84
per hour
Employment
416,210
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$39,240
25th percentile
$46,790
Median
$53,750
75th percentile
$63,010
90th percentile
$77,530

💰 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
Alaska$80,840+50.4%
Hawaii$79,000+47.0%
Connecticut$64,880+20.7%
Wyoming$63,820+18.7%
Washington$63,020+17.2%
Massachusetts$62,570+16.4%
New Hampshire$62,360+16.0%
Louisiana$62,250+15.8%
Maine$62,220+15.8%
North Dakota$62,000+15.3%
Nevada$61,520+14.5%
Vermont$60,890+13.3%
Maryland$60,310+12.2%
Minnesota$60,280+12.1%
District of Columbia$60,180+12.0%
New Mexico$59,840+11.3%
Oregon$59,450+10.6%
New Jersey$59,440+10.6%
Virginia$59,180+10.1%
New York$59,140+10.0%
Colorado$58,590+9.0%
Wisconsin$58,410+8.7%
Utah$58,380+8.6%
California$58,060+8.0%
Delaware$57,270+6.5%
Montana$55,610+3.5%
Arizona$55,600+3.4%
Iowa$55,090+2.5%
Texas$53,340-0.8%
Pennsylvania$52,900-1.6%
Nebraska$52,220-2.8%
Missouri$51,950-3.3%
Kentucky$51,470-4.2%
Illinois$51,320-4.5%
Mississippi$51,100-4.9%
Florida$50,640-5.8%
North Carolina$50,590-5.9%
Rhode Island$50,580-5.9%
Idaho$50,530-6.0%
Ohio$50,340-6.3%
Michigan$49,990-7.0%
South Carolina$49,980-7.0%
Indiana$49,730-7.5%
Oklahoma$49,720-7.5%
South Dakota$49,440-8.0%
Kansas$49,410-8.1%
West Virginia$48,810-9.2%
Alabama$48,490-9.8%
Georgia$48,430-9.9%
Tennessee$48,040-10.6%
Arkansas$47,970-10.8%

🏙️ Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Lima, OH$85,790+59.6%
Urban Honolulu, HI$81,120+50.9%
Fairbanks-College, AK$80,210+49.2%
Baton Rouge, LA$78,170+45.4%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$75,040+39.6%
Anchorage, AK$74,000+37.7%
Lake Charles, LA$72,920+35.7%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$71,720+33.4%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$67,280+25.2%
Portland-South Portland, ME$66,420+23.6%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$66,240+23.2%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$66,060+22.9%
Boulder, CO$65,040+21.0%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$64,720+20.4%
Alexandria, LA$64,490+20.0%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$64,470+19.9%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$64,320+19.7%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$64,140+19.3%
Vallejo, CA$63,860+18.8%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$63,770+18.6%
Bellingham, WA$63,720+18.5%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$63,610+18.3%
Odessa, TX$63,470+18.1%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$63,460+18.1%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$63,440+18.0%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$63,440+18.0%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$63,270+17.7%
Napa, CA$62,890+17.0%
St. Cloud, MN$62,820+16.9%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$62,800+16.8%
Albany, OR$62,790+16.8%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$62,670+16.6%
Casper, WY$62,660+16.6%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$62,560+16.4%
Minot, ND$62,060+15.5%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$62,050+15.4%
Bismarck, ND$62,000+15.3%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$61,920+15.2%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$61,880+15.1%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$61,680+14.8%
New Haven, CT$61,630+14.7%
Carson City, NV$61,520+14.5%
Mobile, AL$61,420+14.3%
Midland, TX$61,410+14.3%
Fargo, ND-MN$61,140+13.7%
Fond du Lac, WI$60,930+13.4%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$60,880+13.3%
Lexington Park, MD$60,840+13.2%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$60,810+13.1%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$60,720+13.0%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$60,670+12.9%
Rochester, MN$60,380+12.3%
Worcester, MA$60,320+12.2%
Ogden, UT$60,240+12.1%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$60,190+12.0%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$60,000+11.6%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$59,980+11.6%
Elizabethtown, KY$59,900+11.4%
Longview-Kelso, WA$59,860+11.4%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$59,820+11.3%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$59,660+11.0%
Madison, WI$59,530+10.8%
Sheboygan, WI$59,460+10.6%
Corpus Christi, TX$59,450+10.6%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$59,390+10.5%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$59,390+10.5%
Walla Walla, WA$59,380+10.5%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$59,350+10.4%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$59,200+10.1%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$59,190+10.1%
Greeley, CO$59,180+10.1%
Bozeman, MT$59,140+10.0%
Glens Falls, NY$59,140+10.0%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$59,040+9.8%
Cheyenne, WY$59,030+9.8%
Peoria, IL$58,960+9.7%
Appleton, WI$58,920+9.6%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$58,890+9.6%
Green Bay, WI$58,850+9.5%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$58,800+9.4%
Reno, NV$58,800+9.4%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$58,680+9.2%
Ames, IA$58,560+8.9%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$58,510+8.9%
Hammond, LA$58,490+8.8%
Salisbury, MD$58,480+8.8%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$58,460+8.8%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$58,380+8.6%
El Centro, CA$58,350+8.6%
Salinas, CA$58,240+8.4%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$58,230+8.3%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$58,200+8.3%
Pocatello, ID$58,140+8.2%
Eau Claire, WI$58,110+8.1%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$57,980+7.9%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$57,940+7.8%
Iowa City, IA$57,780+7.5%
Kenosha, WI$57,780+7.5%
Bay City, MI$57,760+7.5%
Lafayette, LA$57,750+7.4%
Richmond, VA$57,710+7.4%
Decatur, IL$57,670+7.3%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$57,650+7.3%
Kingston, NY$57,600+7.2%
Yakima, WA$57,450+6.9%
Farmington, NM$57,440+6.9%
Charlottesville, VA$57,420+6.8%
Duluth, MN-WI$57,410+6.8%
Kansas City, MO-KS$57,370+6.7%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$57,360+6.7%
Greenville, NC$57,360+6.7%
Corvallis, OR$57,350+6.7%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$57,290+6.6%
Salem, OR$57,180+6.4%
Rochester, NY$57,130+6.3%
Decatur, AL$56,990+6.0%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$56,990+6.0%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$56,940+5.9%
Bend, OR$56,910+5.9%
Cedar Rapids, IA$56,750+5.6%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$56,720+5.5%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$56,540+5.2%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$56,440+5.0%
Savannah, GA$56,410+4.9%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$56,160+4.5%
Dubuque, IA$56,100+4.4%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$56,070+4.3%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$56,060+4.3%
Roanoke, VA$56,040+4.3%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$56,020+4.2%
Springfield, MA$56,010+4.2%
Lewiston, ID-WA$55,890+4.0%
Wausau, WI$55,780+3.8%
Great Falls, MT$55,720+3.7%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$55,690+3.6%
Syracuse, NY$55,660+3.6%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$55,520+3.3%
Amarillo, TX$55,460+3.2%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$55,420+3.1%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$55,410+3.1%
Wilmington, NC$55,340+3.0%
Colorado Springs, CO$55,270+2.8%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$55,200+2.7%
York-Hanover, PA$55,070+2.5%
Sherman-Denison, TX$55,020+2.4%
Reading, PA$54,840+2.0%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$54,790+1.9%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$54,740+1.8%
Winchester, VA-WV$54,690+1.7%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$54,670+1.7%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$54,640+1.7%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$54,590+1.6%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$54,560+1.5%
Flagstaff, AZ$54,460+1.3%
Lancaster, PA$54,370+1.2%
Wichita, KS$54,190+0.8%
Ann Arbor, MI$54,180+0.8%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$54,180+0.8%
Ithaca, NY$54,170+0.8%
Springfield, MO$54,080+0.6%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$54,030+0.5%
Lincoln, NE$53,990+0.4%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$53,680-0.1%
Bowling Green, KY$53,630-0.2%
Pittsburgh, PA$53,610-0.3%
Tulsa, OK$53,550-0.4%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$53,420-0.6%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$53,350-0.7%
Chambersburg, PA$53,340-0.8%
Muncie, IN$53,340-0.8%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$53,280-0.9%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$53,160-1.1%
Omaha, NE-IA$53,110-1.2%
Vineland, NJ$53,000-1.4%
Battle Creek, MI$52,970-1.5%
Clarksville, TN-KY$52,970-1.5%
Mankato, MN$52,940-1.5%
Santa Fe, NM$52,820-1.7%
College Station-Bryan, TX$52,800-1.8%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$52,800-1.8%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$52,800-1.8%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$52,710-1.9%
Columbia, MO$52,700-2.0%
Billings, MT$52,670-2.0%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$52,650-2.0%
Modesto, CA$52,590-2.2%
Asheville, NC$52,540-2.3%
Redding, CA$52,450-2.4%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$52,410-2.5%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$52,330-2.6%
Longview, TX$52,300-2.7%
Port St. Lucie, FL$52,270-2.8%
Jackson, MS$52,220-2.8%
Tuscaloosa, AL$52,180-2.9%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$52,050-3.2%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$51,990-3.3%
Lynchburg, VA$51,970-3.3%
Jonesboro, AR$51,900-3.4%
Harrisonburg, VA$51,870-3.5%
Monroe, LA$51,870-3.5%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$51,820-3.6%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$51,810-3.6%
Owensboro, KY$51,700-3.8%
Rapid City, SD$51,690-3.8%
St. Louis, MO-IL$51,640-3.9%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$51,630-3.9%
Grand Junction, CO$51,580-4.0%
Jefferson City, MO$51,580-4.0%
Altoona, PA$51,540-4.1%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$51,510-4.2%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$51,480-4.2%
Topeka, KS$51,390-4.4%
Grants Pass, OR$51,330-4.5%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$51,300-4.6%
Columbus, OH$51,260-4.6%
Pueblo, CO$51,190-4.8%
Tucson, AZ$51,150-4.8%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$51,080-5.0%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$51,070-5.0%
Yuba City, CA$51,040-5.0%
State College, PA$51,030-5.1%
Evansville, IN$50,960-5.2%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$50,950-5.2%
Lebanon, PA$50,920-5.3%
St. George, UT$50,890-5.3%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$50,870-5.4%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$50,840-5.4%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$50,800-5.5%
Idaho Falls, ID$50,770-5.5%
Burlington, NC$50,740-5.6%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$50,710-5.7%
Jacksonville, FL$50,640-5.8%
Bangor, ME$50,590-5.9%
Binghamton, NY$50,560-5.9%
Fresno, CA$50,550-6.0%
Manhattan, KS$50,550-6.0%
Canton-Massillon, OH$50,510-6.0%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$50,390-6.3%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$50,370-6.3%
Akron, OH$50,340-6.3%
Merced, CA$50,340-6.3%
Medford, OR$50,270-6.5%
Boise City, ID$50,240-6.5%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$50,200-6.6%
Rockford, IL$50,200-6.6%
Warner Robins, GA$50,170-6.7%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$50,030-6.9%
Albuquerque, NM$49,980-7.0%
Birmingham, AL$49,930-7.1%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$49,930-7.1%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$49,930-7.1%
Wheeling, WV-OH$49,920-7.1%
Kokomo, IN$49,860-7.2%
Springfield, IL$49,860-7.2%
Spartanburg, SC$49,820-7.3%
Jackson, MI$49,790-7.4%
Fayetteville, NC$49,780-7.4%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$49,780-7.4%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$49,770-7.4%
Columbia, SC$49,730-7.5%
Lawton, OK$49,720-7.5%
Yuma, AZ$49,680-7.6%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$49,630-7.7%
Utica-Rome, NY$49,630-7.7%
Rocky Mount, NC$49,600-7.7%
Monroe, MI$49,570-7.8%
Hattiesburg, MS$49,500-7.9%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$49,460-8.0%
Traverse City, MI$49,420-8.1%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$49,370-8.1%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$49,330-8.2%
Columbus, IN$49,320-8.2%
Fort Wayne, IN$49,300-8.3%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$49,280-8.3%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$49,220-8.4%
Erie, PA$49,180-8.5%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$49,130-8.6%
Toledo, OH$49,130-8.6%
Enid, OK$49,090-8.7%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$49,090-8.7%
Cleveland, OH$49,040-8.8%
Homosassa Springs, FL$49,040-8.8%
Niles, MI$49,040-8.8%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$49,020-8.8%
Gettysburg, PA$49,010-8.8%
Wichita Falls, TX$49,010-8.8%
Beckley, WV$48,960-8.9%
Grand Island, NE$48,940-8.9%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$48,920-9.0%
Logan, UT-ID$48,920-9.0%
Elmira, NY$48,820-9.2%
Saginaw, MI$48,820-9.2%
Flint, MI$48,810-9.2%
Oklahoma City, OK$48,760-9.3%
Chico, CA$48,740-9.3%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$48,630-9.5%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$48,610-9.6%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$48,600-9.6%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$48,580-9.6%
Victoria, TX$48,580-9.6%
Paducah, KY-IL$48,560-9.7%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$48,520-9.7%
Dover, DE$48,510-9.7%
Killeen-Temple, TX$48,460-9.8%
Gainesville, GA$48,430-9.9%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$48,380-10.0%
Goldsboro, NC$48,320-10.1%
Ocala, FL$48,270-10.2%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$48,220-10.3%
Lawrence, KS$48,180-10.4%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$48,170-10.4%
Abilene, TX$48,160-10.4%
Williamsport, PA$48,130-10.5%
Midland, MI$48,120-10.5%
Knoxville, TN$48,040-10.6%
Punta Gorda, FL$48,040-10.6%
Charleston, WV$48,000-10.7%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$47,970-10.8%
Sandusky, OH$47,900-10.9%
Montgomery, AL$47,880-10.9%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$47,860-11.0%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$47,850-11.0%
Springfield, OH$47,780-11.1%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$47,740-11.2%
Missoula, MT$47,720-11.2%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$47,690-11.3%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$47,670-11.3%
Morgantown, WV$47,650-11.3%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$47,560-11.5%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$47,520-11.6%
Las Cruces, NM$47,520-11.6%
Kankakee, IL$47,460-11.7%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$47,440-11.7%
Sebring, FL$47,250-12.1%
Valdosta, GA$47,240-12.1%
Gainesville, FL$47,230-12.1%
Dalton, GA$47,190-12.2%
Albany, GA$47,180-12.2%
Bloomington, IL$47,180-12.2%
Tallahassee, FL$47,130-12.3%
Morristown, TN$47,070-12.4%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$46,980-12.6%
Visalia, CA$46,850-12.8%
Johnstown, PA$46,780-13.0%
Lubbock, TX$46,760-13.0%
Cleveland, TN$46,670-13.2%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$46,630-13.2%
San Angelo, TX$46,440-13.6%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$46,420-13.6%
Hot Springs, AR$46,400-13.7%
Waco, TX$46,380-13.7%
Winston-Salem, NC$46,370-13.7%
Virgin Islands$46,270-13.9%
Terre Haute, IN$46,090-14.3%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$46,080-14.3%
Johnson City, TN$46,070-14.3%
Joplin, MO-KS$45,770-14.8%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$45,640-15.1%
Twin Falls, ID$45,550-15.3%
Jackson, TN$45,460-15.4%
Laredo, TX$45,370-15.6%
Dothan, AL$45,210-15.9%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$45,020-16.2%
El Paso, TX$45,000-16.3%
Florence, SC$44,990-16.3%
Bloomington, IN$44,730-16.8%
Sumter, SC$44,540-17.1%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$44,210-17.7%
Huntsville, AL$44,020-18.1%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$43,490-19.1%
Mansfield, OH$43,120-19.8%
Tyler, TX$43,100-19.8%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$42,520-20.9%
Rome, GA$42,280-21.3%
Gadsden, AL$42,240-21.4%
Texarkana, TX-AR$41,920-22.0%
Guam$40,600-24.5%
Columbus, GA-AL$40,100-25.4%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$39,710-26.1%
Ponce, PR$31,680-41.1%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$30,390-43.5%
Mayaguez, PR$30,230-43.8%
Puerto Rico$30,220-43.8%
Arecibo, PR$29,380-45.3%
Aguadilla, PR$28,450-47.1%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.