Welder Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Welder positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$51,000

National average

Salary Range

$38,130 – $75,850

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Fairbanks-College, AK$83,400$51,810$110,690
Lima, OH$83,100$46,690$83,100
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$78,450$49,570$114,400
Urban Honolulu, HI$77,350$48,380$98,670
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$77,350$45,760$102,560
Hawaii$76,970$48,380$98,670
Baton Rouge, LA$75,670$47,970$101,240
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$75,390$46,020$115,030
Alaska$75,140$48,410$106,490
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$70,360$48,640$100,190
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$70,280$46,640$70,280
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$69,140$50,450$87,530
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$69,120$43,680$93,970
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$67,560$50,050$115,370
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$66,560$48,380$89,740
Wyoming$66,070$46,870$89,740
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$65,510$40,250$100,090
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$65,170$43,010$103,570
Connecticut$64,520$40,250$93,950
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$64,510$49,210$88,200
Portland-South Portland, ME$64,330$49,660$77,150
Anchorage, AK$64,150$44,920$89,880
St. Joseph, MO-KS$63,990$45,030$63,990
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$63,890$49,620$102,200
Lake Charles, LA$63,760$47,850$88,120
Kennewick-Richland, WA$63,370$46,770$102,940
Boulder, CO$63,220$47,620$78,620
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$62,900$45,180$118,110
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$62,800$46,410$82,030
Vallejo, CA$62,720$48,630$102,980
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$62,440$38,830$82,680
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$62,400$48,000$77,760
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$62,240$47,410$84,230
Alexandria, LA$62,210$39,350$78,080
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$62,200$48,420$83,300
Washington$61,730$47,620$83,300
Massachusetts$61,710$46,760$85,680
Bellingham, WA$61,660$47,810$78,540
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$61,450$37,730$62,360
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$61,400$46,090$74,400
Lexington Park, MD$61,380$41,210$85,020
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$61,240$44,200$87,440
Mobile, AL$61,150$39,190$69,950
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$61,150$36,150$82,280
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$60,940$47,330$82,930
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$60,840$41,550$96,590
Odessa, TX$60,840$39,570$79,410
Albany, OR$60,820$45,240$73,270
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$60,730$35,380$93,530
Walla Walla, WA$60,720$44,200$75,400
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$60,700$46,020$75,710
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$60,590$45,620$82,330
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$60,510$39,110$105,720
St. Cloud, MN$60,450$49,380$78,070
Pittsfield, MA$60,390$46,020$82,990
Fargo, ND-MN$60,360$47,470$72,800
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$60,340$47,940$75,610
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$60,320$43,010$73,930
North Dakota$60,270$45,510$83,080
Casper, WY$60,150$46,870$83,280
Springfield, MA$60,110$45,570$78,600
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$60,110$47,430$77,180
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$60,060$43,720$99,990
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$60,040$44,380$105,060
Bismarck, ND$60,000$52,000$73,410
Louisiana$59,860$41,130$83,250
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$59,850$46,050$72,010
Glens Falls, NY$59,820$49,290$67,840
New Jersey$59,630$40,410$90,390
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$59,630$43,010$85,020
Greenville, NC$59,540$44,020$71,070
Nevada$59,370$40,090$92,070
Longview-Kelso, WA$59,260$44,980$77,080
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$59,240$44,670$90,310
Midland, TX$59,220$40,920$87,800
Sheboygan, WI$59,210$49,690$59,210
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$59,070$29,730$73,060
Carson City, NV$59,070$42,390$82,420
Kingston, NY$58,990$46,120$79,640
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$58,930$42,570$78,460
Napa, CA$58,920$40,810$86,520
Rochester, MN$58,880$46,420$72,210
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$58,870$45,420$107,890
Rocky Mount, NC$58,770$39,100$61,180
Minnesota$58,730$46,260$73,550
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$58,720$42,050$84,250
District of Columbia$58,700$48,270$105,060
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$58,700$46,200$77,080
Oregon$58,590$45,570$79,230
Worcester, MA$58,560$39,510$78,970
Bozeman, MT$58,420$46,410$71,990
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$58,410$47,210$64,320
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$58,400$34,480$90,640
Minot, ND$58,390$40,440$85,110
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$58,360$43,970$81,640
Maine$58,340$43,400$73,830
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$58,210$46,790$63,830
Lewiston, ID-WA$58,210$46,680$60,560
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$58,200$45,330$89,180
Salinas, CA$58,100$44,340$86,530
Janesville-Beloit, WI$58,100$47,100$65,070
Vineland, NJ$58,050$45,960$80,970
California$57,940$44,200$84,690
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$57,920$45,400$116,570
New Hampshire$57,700$46,090$78,090
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$57,540$40,040$77,110
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$57,520$42,790$80,340
Vermont$57,520$40,060$71,660
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$57,520$40,000$79,410
Anniston-Oxford, AL$57,510$37,710$67,350
Fayetteville, NC$57,410$36,500$77,640
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$57,370$47,690$65,440
Virginia$57,350$39,660$78,000
Greeley, CO$57,310$45,760$82,790
New York$57,230$40,130$80,910
Colorado$57,200$44,070$77,690
Rhode Island$57,000$34,470$102,720
Ogden, UT$56,960$41,530$77,760
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$56,950$37,470$99,230
Lynchburg, VA$56,900$39,790$82,470
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$56,890$38,470$77,720
Corvallis, OR$56,860$38,710$74,830
Manchester-Nashua, NH$56,850$43,720$79,740
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$56,830$44,920$77,450
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$56,770$39,610$99,130
Richmond, VA$56,670$40,000$90,570
El Centro, CA$56,660$38,820$77,350
Appleton, WI$56,640$47,570$74,960
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$56,620$48,120$62,440
Madison, WI$56,620$43,720$65,020
Delaware$56,510$44,070$92,410
Corpus Christi, TX$56,490$36,970$75,690
Maryland$56,420$41,820$84,840
New Haven, CT$56,410$35,710$83,390
Pocatello, ID$56,240$40,100$69,600
Grand Forks, ND-MN$56,240$44,310$74,500
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$56,110$41,560$74,030
Duluth, MN-WI$56,090$46,430$78,700
Utah$56,050$39,820$78,300
Hammond, LA$56,040$43,520$75,110
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$55,910$38,750$116,890
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$55,910$42,680$71,330
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$55,880$46,590$81,340
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$55,720$46,270$76,080
Wisconsin$55,630$46,270$64,960
Green Bay, WI$55,610$46,180$64,230
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$55,580$36,400$64,870
Fond du Lac, WI$55,490$47,090$65,150
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$55,150$38,110$80,530
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$55,110$37,660$79,800
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$54,900$46,120$75,200
Charlottesville, VA$54,720$40,170$80,500
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$54,650$42,750$83,110
Eau Claire, WI$54,650$43,220$61,990
Eugene-Springfield, OR$54,650$44,510$72,820
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$54,490$44,050$76,950
Redding, CA$54,320$39,210$73,210
Roanoke, VA$54,320$39,040$62,380
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$54,260$37,770$62,730
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$54,120$37,900$78,760
Raleigh-Cary, NC$54,080$40,640$70,500
Lafayette, LA$54,080$41,410$75,610
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$54,070$40,850$64,010
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$53,980$44,310$64,240
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$53,840$34,700$62,020
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$53,810$36,700$79,410
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$53,790$38,600$70,660
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$53,780$42,270$65,980
Arizona$53,770$39,990$82,040
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$53,770$34,940$66,350
Warner Robins, GA$53,760$39,150$64,670
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$53,760$41,200$76,890
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$53,500$41,800$68,950
Lincoln, NE$53,450$41,800$64,880
Wausau, WI$53,400$47,430$61,220
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$53,170$40,680$71,490
Dover, DE$53,160$40,750$74,880
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$53,120$38,690$71,500
Naples-Marco Island, FL$53,020$37,050$74,140
Victoria, TX$52,920$40,470$65,070
Kansas City, MO-KS$52,920$41,530$74,580
Peoria, IL$52,890$45,330$77,430
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$52,870$40,430$67,620
Winchester, VA-WV$52,840$36,260$64,750
Asheville, NC$52,830$40,960$71,050
Wichita, KS$52,790$37,920$76,670
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$52,670$38,850$64,480
Syracuse, NY$52,590$42,390$71,960
Bend, OR$52,590$47,030$68,270
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$52,580$46,590$59,980
Reading, PA$52,520$40,060$64,220
Salem, OR$52,520$39,480$73,930
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$52,500$38,840$82,950
New Mexico$52,460$35,590$91,740
Bay City, MI$52,460$35,360$115,600
Jackson, MS$52,460$37,780$72,230
Medford, OR$52,460$42,730$70,650
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$52,440$41,530$61,150
Ann Arbor, MI$52,430$38,970$72,030
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$52,420$43,370$60,540
Cheyenne, WY$52,400$42,110$75,820
Reno, NV$52,220$35,680$79,410
Flagstaff, AZ$52,220$38,750$80,870
Yakima, WA$52,220$44,920$66,230
Decatur, IL$52,170$44,740$65,780
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$52,120$39,860$64,040
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$52,000$41,870$68,750
Colorado Springs, CO$52,000$43,720$74,160
Bowling Green, KY$51,980$40,750$58,130
Modesto, CA$51,980$41,800$80,680
Rochester, NY$51,800$36,350$67,630
Tulsa, OK$51,790$39,350$67,650
Kenosha, WI$51,770$46,970$63,460
Clarksville, TN-KY$51,760$38,770$57,840
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$51,680$29,120$60,910
Savannah, GA$51,640$38,810$71,240
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$51,610$41,840$66,180
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$51,610$38,710$67,620
Dubuque, IA$51,590$46,820$62,920
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$51,550$38,950$79,950
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$51,450$40,270$70,450
Omaha, NE-IA$51,440$41,030$64,690
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$51,420$38,290$77,250
Tucson, AZ$51,410$40,020$75,340
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$51,390$39,880$73,480
York-Hanover, PA$51,370$38,860$64,430
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$51,350$39,520$80,120
Mankato, MN$51,320$41,390$67,760
Longview, TX$51,290$36,920$71,240
Montana$51,280$40,080$78,290
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$51,280$36,470$74,290
Lexington-Fayette, KY$51,260$38,870$69,440
Coeur d'Alene, ID$51,220$38,970$61,200
Farmington, NM$51,200$36,550$91,820
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$51,170$45,760$63,490
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$51,110$41,210$72,000
Pittsburgh, PA$51,080$38,440$69,700
Chambersburg, PA$51,040$43,580$71,070
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$51,040$43,900$61,900
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$51,020$38,370$73,410
Columbia, MO$51,000$38,830$58,360
Sandusky, OH$50,950$38,540$61,260
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$50,950$45,460$64,740
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$50,910$37,730$79,040
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$50,900$38,570$64,590
Evansville, IN$50,890$37,620$82,810
Spartanburg, SC$50,880$40,400$68,590
Pennsylvania$50,860$38,620$67,010
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$50,740$41,990$65,140
Gettysburg, PA$50,710$46,450$69,350
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$50,700$37,950$70,910
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$50,660$39,880$74,440
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$50,660$42,390$60,760
Grants Pass, OR$50,640$46,230$58,920
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$50,620$37,650$71,930
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$50,610$40,390$73,260
Nebraska$50,550$39,640$64,880
Virgin Islands$50,540$33,460$79,860
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$50,490$41,490$75,880
Salisbury, MD$50,470$37,440$77,440
Lawrence, KS$50,420$38,050$60,320
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$50,420$39,170$62,120
Columbus, OH$50,400$39,520$68,310
Lebanon, PA$50,380$38,470$58,570
Stockton-Lodi, CA$50,340$43,010$74,790
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$50,330$38,630$62,280
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$50,320$39,820$71,560
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$50,310$38,260$65,760
Rockford, IL$50,300$38,630$66,900
St. Louis, MO-IL$50,280$37,500$69,020
Monroe, LA$50,280$42,610$72,140
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$50,280$37,160$62,380
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$50,260$40,620$93,280
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$50,250$38,500$76,370
Niles, MI$50,230$38,940$62,250
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$50,200$37,170$79,040
Jonesboro, AR$50,190$38,350$59,520
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$50,180$42,390$74,560
Elizabethtown, KY$50,170$40,320$71,130
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$50,170$36,980$84,170
Utica-Rome, NY$50,150$35,530$66,320
Fort Wayne, IN$50,150$38,610$64,400
Owensboro, KY$50,080$38,900$61,570
Springfield, MO$50,040$38,790$61,180
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$50,030$39,580$59,500
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$49,990$36,330$64,820
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$49,990$39,160$65,070
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$49,980$38,930$76,370
Chico, CA$49,960$39,080$75,680
Grand Junction, CO$49,960$39,890$69,020
Idaho Falls, ID$49,960$37,530$84,500
Jefferson City, MO$49,960$38,310$60,210
Kankakee, IL$49,940$39,880$68,810
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$49,930$40,810$66,960
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$49,890$39,360$65,740
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$49,890$37,350$65,460
Altoona, PA$49,880$40,090$57,790
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$49,880$39,510$64,160
North Carolina$49,860$38,800$70,500
Muncie, IN$49,850$37,620$65,570
Texas$49,830$36,570$78,440
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$49,820$37,960$63,340
Harrisonburg, VA$49,820$33,930$70,650
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$49,760$39,720$78,820
Pueblo, CO$49,730$39,060$63,750
Illinois$49,730$38,330$70,750
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$49,730$29,030$73,650
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$49,700$39,350$72,800
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$49,680$41,910$75,890
Lancaster, PA$49,650$38,550$62,400
Midland, MI$49,650$36,560$87,070
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$49,590$39,090$68,110
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$49,580$38,330$63,390
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$49,570$36,930$68,360
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$49,530$38,680$62,360
Mississippi$49,490$35,840$63,000
State College, PA$49,470$36,670$59,020
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$49,470$39,100$65,860
Helena, MT$49,470$45,220$66,890
Missouri$49,460$36,780$73,990
Iowa$49,450$41,190$61,570
Athens-Clarke County, GA$49,440$37,640$57,940
Florida$49,430$38,430$68,420
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$49,420$42,260$67,390
Ohio$49,410$38,380$67,500
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$49,400$36,560$65,050
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$49,380$42,000$64,300
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$49,380$38,290$75,520
Port St. Lucie, FL$49,370$38,450$65,110
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$49,350$38,460$66,490
Cleveland, OH$49,340$38,050$65,580
Tuscaloosa, AL$49,320$31,380$76,640
Ames, IA$49,310$38,750$62,050
Greensboro-High Point, NC$49,310$38,720$68,330
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$49,300$38,720$69,830
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$49,290$37,440$76,140
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$49,280$37,630$62,960
Kentucky$49,260$37,400$64,630
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$49,260$38,960$71,710
Kokomo, IN$49,250$37,350$80,090
Idaho$49,190$38,020$65,510
Burlington, NC$49,190$40,440$65,580
Williamsport, PA$49,190$37,150$69,920
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$49,190$38,640$59,840
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$49,180$37,960$70,220
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$49,140$41,110$58,600
South Carolina$49,120$38,300$66,160
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$49,110$37,970$78,090
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$49,110$37,430$63,070
Billings, MT$49,100$41,000$74,510
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$49,100$35,110$68,290
Iowa City, IA$49,080$40,860$60,820
Macon-Bibb County, GA$49,080$36,540$62,700
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$49,070$36,310$66,070
College Station-Bryan, TX$49,070$35,220$74,650
Topeka, KS$49,040$38,350$63,420
Kansas$49,040$37,920$67,450
Bangor, ME$49,040$44,530$64,630
Cedar Rapids, IA$49,020$39,800$61,950
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$48,940$39,380$61,290
Michigan$48,930$37,440$72,420
Battle Creek, MI$48,910$38,310$62,630
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$48,910$40,940$75,500
Birmingham, AL$48,900$36,680$72,250
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$48,880$38,550$65,260
Grand Island, NE$48,880$40,300$58,820
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$48,860$40,090$67,980
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,800$38,150$61,570
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$48,790$37,990$65,200
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$48,780$37,270$60,020
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$48,770$36,330$59,270
Akron, OH$48,760$40,040$62,650
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$48,720$38,200$64,900
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$48,720$39,160$64,550
Merced, CA$48,710$38,210$62,110
Boise City, ID$48,700$38,990$65,150
Fresno, CA$48,660$40,700$69,830
Jacksonville, FL$48,660$37,220$69,480
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$48,550$38,480$62,540
Great Falls, MT$48,540$40,080$96,670
Elmira, NY$48,510$36,810$69,770
Oklahoma$48,490$37,090$64,940
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$48,470$37,010$66,100
Indiana$48,460$37,690$70,470
Wheeling, WV-OH$48,450$34,690$73,420
Chattanooga, TN-GA$48,440$38,270$67,140
Canton-Massillon, OH$48,430$40,520$59,150
Columbia, SC$48,430$35,880$61,430
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$48,430$39,610$65,580
Traverse City, MI$48,380$36,850$70,800
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$48,360$35,840$64,790
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$48,340$35,270$73,580
South Dakota$48,340$36,960$61,330
Springfield, IL$48,320$33,400$65,600
Erie, PA$48,310$37,680$80,890
Toledo, OH$48,280$37,940$64,160
Rapid City, SD$48,270$37,070$67,400
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$48,260$37,020$60,450
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$48,250$36,080$70,880
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$48,230$36,530$61,610
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$48,230$37,810$80,430
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$48,190$37,990$60,100
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$48,180$36,540$69,430
Florence, SC$48,180$40,090$59,250
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$48,170$37,670$64,320
Bloomington, IL$48,160$38,620$70,960
Enid, OK$48,140$32,580$78,000
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$48,100$37,810$62,400
Cleveland, TN$48,050$37,090$64,540
Yuma, AZ$48,050$37,580$67,780
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$48,040$36,630$59,650
Georgia$48,000$37,160$64,750
Manhattan, KS$48,000$38,190$60,930
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$47,980$34,990$63,170
Hattiesburg, MS$47,950$36,790$63,080
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$47,940$38,480$65,940
Yuba City, CA$47,940$39,280$76,860
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$47,940$35,320$70,420
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$47,930$37,070$63,820
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$47,900$36,340$70,080
Jackson, MI$47,870$36,560$86,110
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$47,860$37,040$60,370
Bloomington, IN$47,840$36,090$78,120
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$47,840$38,750$59,630
Wilmington, NC$47,830$36,310$64,590
Johnson City, TN$47,780$36,350$58,350
Charleston, WV$47,770$33,600$73,460
Joplin, MO-KS$47,760$35,300$60,330
Paducah, KY-IL$47,750$38,060$63,160
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$47,740$35,580$64,480
Punta Gorda, FL$47,740$38,580$61,590
St. George, UT$47,740$34,000$65,950
Gainesville, GA$47,700$40,430$56,690
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$47,690$37,110$65,880
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$47,650$37,520$80,530
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$47,630$45,360$59,370
Lawton, OK$47,610$34,320$78,020
Saginaw, MI$47,600$36,910$74,260
Champaign-Urbana, IL$47,560$37,440$62,240
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$47,550$35,940$62,610
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$47,540$38,650$70,960
Oklahoma City, OK$47,530$37,950$66,360
Missoula, MT$47,510$42,100$63,830
Visalia, CA$47,480$37,980$66,030
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$47,420$37,120$63,640
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$47,420$37,170$63,650
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$47,410$37,550$59,780
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$47,410$40,260$59,620
Monroe, MI$47,390$37,110$62,320
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$47,380$37,500$75,470
Knoxville, TN$47,370$38,370$59,740
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$47,310$35,870$59,670
Tennessee$47,280$37,440$63,380
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$47,260$35,340$65,100
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$47,190$36,810$61,340
Alabama$47,170$33,300$66,590
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,170$35,840$56,240
Las Cruces, NM$47,150$31,220$77,430
Logan, UT-ID$47,150$36,400$60,180
Arkansas$47,100$36,340$63,570
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$47,080$34,900$99,170
Morristown, TN$47,070$36,910$62,660
Ocala, FL$47,040$37,930$58,920
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$47,010$35,420$66,330
West Virginia$47,000$35,480$91,020
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$46,980$35,800$63,300
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$46,910$37,440$63,340
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$46,890$38,510$61,290
Sebring, FL$46,850$36,240$58,440
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$46,850$38,200$56,840
Beckley, WV$46,800$31,870$76,410
Gainesville, FL$46,740$36,390$63,580
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$46,740$35,390$61,710
Youngstown-Warren, OH$46,730$37,070$61,650
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$46,730$35,660$62,890
Flint, MI$46,700$36,140$68,460
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$46,690$38,410$59,700
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$46,690$37,350$62,130
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$46,690$31,390$60,510
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$46,680$35,490$65,940
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$46,670$34,910$62,590
Springfield, OH$46,660$35,510$60,650
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$46,660$36,750$58,880
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$46,650$36,640$62,200
Morgantown, WV$46,630$35,620$91,720
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$46,590$39,420$61,040
Dalton, GA$46,570$35,910$56,800
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,560$37,070$57,040
Sherman-Denison, TX$46,550$37,460$59,260
Killeen-Temple, TX$46,530$36,260$63,030
Winston-Salem, NC$46,520$38,870$66,400
Decatur, AL$46,510$28,480$81,230
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$46,480$36,860$63,960
Montgomery, AL$46,440$32,040$66,440
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$46,430$36,090$83,860
Binghamton, NY$46,390$35,320$68,800
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$46,390$27,670$79,680
Albany, GA$46,380$34,690$70,950
Abilene, TX$46,340$36,370$60,260
Columbus, IN$46,330$35,030$65,470
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$46,240$38,750$57,810
Terre Haute, IN$46,240$36,050$65,340
Johnstown, PA$46,230$37,130$61,690
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$46,210$37,480$59,780
Albuquerque, NM$46,190$35,880$86,810
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$46,150$37,160$55,970
Amarillo, TX$46,130$37,030$74,520
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$46,120$34,510$59,100
Tallahassee, FL$46,110$36,560$62,110
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$46,090$30,430$58,960
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$46,040$35,310$73,890
San Angelo, TX$46,020$31,470$66,970
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$46,020$32,410$63,660
Waco, TX$45,960$35,860$61,890
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$45,930$36,100$58,760
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$45,910$41,550$66,390
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$45,910$35,100$56,900
Mansfield, OH$45,870$34,020$62,080
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$45,850$35,820$63,070
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$45,700$36,790$66,210
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$45,690$31,700$61,470
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$45,640$35,580$66,240
Gadsden, AL$45,610$32,790$57,980
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$45,500$35,480$68,890
Fort Smith, AR-OK$45,450$35,580$62,950
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$45,440$34,320$57,680
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$45,430$35,860$59,420
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$45,330$36,480$63,780
Wichita Falls, TX$45,200$32,070$63,220
Lubbock, TX$45,160$34,630$61,700
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$45,050$36,820$55,190
Hot Springs, AR$45,030$34,050$58,870
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$44,990$38,550$61,210
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$44,940$36,570$63,430
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$44,860$34,290$59,860
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$44,720$34,340$76,270
Twin Falls, ID$44,690$37,220$66,530
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$44,690$29,560$58,900
Texarkana, TX-AR$44,460$31,960$60,150
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$44,450$32,050$63,330
Auburn-Opelika, AL$44,350$31,200$57,610
Jackson, TN$44,350$38,140$53,100
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$44,220$36,830$56,280
Dothan, AL$44,100$35,530$59,370
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$44,060$28,420$57,470
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$43,780$36,500$57,020
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$43,730$34,650$59,910
Valdosta, GA$43,660$33,070$55,340
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$43,400$35,710$64,480
Tyler, TX$43,070$37,370$66,110
Goldsboro, NC$42,970$37,720$59,550
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$42,950$32,080$66,680
Huntsville, AL$42,670$36,100$61,360
Laredo, TX$41,980$30,120$61,360
Sumter, SC$41,550$35,210$54,670
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$40,090$40,090$55,910
Guam$39,950$38,380$53,580
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$39,780$26,000$68,000
Columbus, GA-AL$39,650$30,630$53,340
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$38,970$30,290$48,940
El Paso, TX$38,540$28,070$59,740
Rome, GA$38,430$24,180$59,610
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$37,810$30,130$60,270
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$29,190$23,150$35,240
Ponce, PR$29,120$22,220$33,280
Puerto Rico$29,020$22,860$35,090
Arecibo, PR$28,480$25,070$33,430
Mayaguez, PR$26,880$22,120$32,610
Aguadilla, PR$25,780$20,660$29,810
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$24,590$20,240$33,080

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Welder make?

The median annual salary for a Welder is $51,000, with a typical range of $38,130 – $75,850 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Welder?

Entry-level Welder positions typically start around $38,130 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Welders earn the most?

Welders tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.

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