Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$47,060

National average

Salary Range

$35,780 – $66,190

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$78,460$57,290$95,990
Washington$78,460$52,310$96,470
Alaska$76,860$57,520$92,460
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$76,860$59,280$92,470
Louisiana$66,660$32,970$80,120
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$66,190$39,790$66,710
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$64,720$44,210$106,510
Maryland$62,560$44,090$98,840
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$62,560$43,220$70,030
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$61,320$38,960$67,220
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$61,140$46,560$74,730
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$59,910$47,210$63,510
Chambersburg, PA$59,110$38,390$70,370
Minnesota$57,830$46,990$82,980
Kentucky$57,590$42,420$73,720
Jefferson City, MO$57,420$47,070$57,420
New Jersey$57,140$38,800$64,570
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$57,040$46,310$60,900
Ames, IA$56,850$48,470$56,850
Connecticut$56,750$38,040$81,110
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$56,330$47,270$65,120
Wichita, KS$54,070$32,350$65,250
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$53,930$40,630$67,330
Omaha, NE-IA$53,710$47,240$62,790
Colorado$53,580$42,510$66,320
Winston-Salem, NC$53,580$35,580$64,860
Nebraska$53,290$46,540$64,380
Green Bay, WI$53,040$43,660$62,700
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$52,980$42,860$62,870
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$52,740$46,110$68,900
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$52,590$45,750$66,380
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$52,470$40,950$125,470
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$52,380$45,760$59,580
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$52,330$38,040$81,110
Iowa$52,100$42,280$60,900
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$52,000$35,870$63,090
Saginaw, MI$51,980$38,750$58,910
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$51,590$44,150$135,310
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$51,460$47,640$60,650
Oregon$51,390$39,110$65,560
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$51,260$35,360$61,210
Texas$51,220$39,780$69,950
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$51,220$36,550$73,630
South Dakota$50,920$40,320$60,740
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$50,920$43,140$62,360
Columbus, OH$50,750$39,240$64,390
Cedar Rapids, IA$50,670$41,600$60,390
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$50,410$39,880$50,480
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$50,060$39,780$67,310
Massachusetts$49,920$37,370$66,370
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$49,620$41,990$62,120
New Haven, CT$49,550$37,090$70,720
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$49,420$35,320$73,420
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$49,350$40,560$71,240
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$49,330$48,230$58,900
Worcester, MA$49,200$37,580$60,580
St. Louis, MO-IL$49,150$39,450$64,830
Lynchburg, VA$49,140$37,330$60,250
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$49,120$36,340$51,430
Columbus, IN$48,950$34,690$51,580
Gainesville, GA$48,910$38,640$56,280
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$48,880$36,290$61,780
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$48,860$38,410$73,080
Springfield, MA$48,840$36,690$62,720
Reading, PA$48,830$37,830$60,970
Niles, MI$48,770$35,060$58,880
Illinois$48,750$43,460$84,670
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$48,750$37,530$62,660
Akron, OH$48,690$38,420$61,700
Dubuque, IA$48,660$44,500$58,080
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$48,560$36,860$79,670
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$48,280$39,300$58,880
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,270$36,840$60,940
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$48,270$39,680$65,590
Wisconsin$48,170$40,150$61,760
Arizona$48,010$38,380$73,310
Reno, NV$47,910$40,040$58,400
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$47,880$39,780$65,060
Ohio$47,830$37,560$66,710
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$47,800$39,890$59,800
Missouri$47,770$38,190$59,000
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,680$35,780$61,640
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$47,640$35,710$81,410
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$47,620$38,820$61,290
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$47,610$39,630$59,560
Idaho$47,550$40,140$63,440
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$47,460$38,980$57,890
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$47,430$42,760$58,880
Asheville, NC$47,410$36,870$56,620
Utah$47,320$37,440$62,050
Virginia$47,310$37,820$60,570
Kansas City, MO-KS$47,310$37,920$60,950
Madison, WI$47,290$41,020$60,800
California$47,180$37,840$69,330
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$47,130$40,730$47,130
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$47,100$40,870$57,070
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$47,080$37,280$56,800
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$47,070$47,070$53,510
Cleveland, OH$47,050$37,310$64,930
Spartanburg, SC$47,010$42,140$51,930
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$46,990$46,990$60,620
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$46,950$36,990$62,410
New York$46,890$37,370$61,690
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$46,810$36,010$56,210
Canton-Massillon, OH$46,680$36,500$56,850
Richmond, VA$46,670$39,800$58,040
North Carolina$46,660$35,720$63,990
Pennsylvania$46,530$36,750$63,090
Rochester, NY$46,450$33,920$60,680
West Virginia$46,370$32,650$96,460
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$46,340$35,800$61,490
Nevada$46,330$28,710$76,100
Raleigh-Cary, NC$46,220$37,770$70,570
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$46,200$37,580$58,860
New Hampshire$46,050$38,850$59,210
Manchester-Nashua, NH$46,050$38,850$61,320
Joplin, MO-KS$45,990$35,920$55,730
Kansas$45,880$34,730$65,250
Rhode Island$45,870$37,060$61,110
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$45,850$41,800$62,740
Tulsa, OK$45,770$36,860$55,570
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$45,730$39,750$61,010
Lancaster, PA$45,700$36,750$61,120
South Carolina$45,640$35,240$61,490
Tennessee$45,600$35,940$50,480
Knoxville, TN$45,600$37,170$46,470
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$45,580$37,990$59,350
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$45,550$37,370$60,790
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$45,540$36,290$63,990
Pittsburgh, PA$45,520$38,110$58,280
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$45,490$39,460$63,000
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$45,460$37,710$59,190
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$45,450$39,360$62,490
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$45,360$28,420$59,180
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$45,330$36,730$57,290
Chattanooga, TN-GA$45,200$39,350$53,760
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$45,180$33,460$73,630
Decatur, AL$45,170$41,550$51,060
Maine$45,160$43,940$56,970
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$45,110$37,930$62,890
Jackson, MI$44,940$36,070$100,790
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$44,890$36,310$66,890
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$44,630$33,780$61,390
Jacksonville, FL$44,550$38,060$46,750
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$44,490$37,970$48,530
Birmingham, AL$44,380$37,310$51,440
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$44,350$36,980$50,220
Eugene-Springfield, OR$44,270$38,380$54,070
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$44,120$39,810$63,340
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$44,050$37,530$52,710
Tucson, AZ$43,840$38,480$58,290
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$43,710$39,280$58,870
Arkansas$43,700$28,260$58,770
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$43,680$35,470$98,020
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$43,680$36,980$52,100
Georgia$43,500$36,070$57,120
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$43,490$35,320$50,580
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$43,370$29,220$58,310
Fort Wayne, IN$42,780$35,220$57,240
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$42,710$35,860$59,410
Vermont$42,280$34,010$48,340
Toledo, OH$42,170$37,380$54,600
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$41,950$37,270$49,590
Mansfield, OH$41,910$29,100$60,980
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$41,850$32,790$48,100
Oklahoma$41,780$34,130$55,220
York-Hanover, PA$41,720$34,590$53,660
Mississippi$41,490$32,160$65,240
Huntsville, AL$41,190$32,020$82,140
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$41,190$41,180$46,650
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$41,040$35,830$50,020
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$40,710$34,420$61,770
Michigan$40,470$35,060$52,630
Jackson, TN$40,460$35,290$54,450
Youngstown-Warren, OH$40,430$29,670$57,320
Greensboro-High Point, NC$40,410$34,810$51,810
Erie, PA$40,260$36,580$56,290
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$40,110$34,130$51,780
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$39,990$38,250$45,750
Roanoke, VA$39,850$35,320$58,870
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$39,850$35,920$50,460
Florida$39,790$37,410$51,670
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$39,690$28,540$49,180
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$39,640$37,360$50,200
Springfield, OH$39,120$32,790$47,700
Indiana$38,970$34,700$55,720
Fort Smith, AR-OK$38,880$38,880$48,400
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$38,760$35,720$55,720
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$38,750$37,100$56,900
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$38,750$36,900$63,870
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$38,720$38,380$46,060
Oklahoma City, OK$38,590$33,420$46,580
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$38,560$36,340$52,650
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$38,260$36,060$57,510
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$38,260$34,470$51,550
Ann Arbor, MI$37,710$34,750$48,420
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$37,570$34,700$49,640
Alabama$37,310$29,030$53,700
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$37,180$28,540$45,760
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$34,590$31,180$42,770
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$32,160$32,160$41,490
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$29,280$28,820$47,540
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$28,820$28,820$50,700

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make?▾

The median annual salary for a Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders is $47,060, with a typical range of $35,780 – $66,190 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders?▾

Entry-level Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders positions typically start around $35,780 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenderss earn the most?▾

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenderss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.