Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Salary in the US
A welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers earns a national median of $53,750 a year (mean $56,760) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #500 of 825.
How much does a welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers earn in the US?
A welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in the United States earns a median of $53,750 a year (mean $56,760), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 5% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 416,210 people work in this occupation (SOC 51-4121), ranked #500 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$53,750
per year
Mean
$56,760
per year
Employment
416,210
US workers
National rank
#500
of 825 by median
What a welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers (SOC 51-4121) earns a median annual wage of $53,750 and a mean (average) of $56,760. The median is the midpoint — half of welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers earn more and half earn less — and is 5% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers is $53,750, and the mean (average) is $56,760. The median is the midpoint — half of welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers earn more and half earn less.
- How does welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers pay compare to the US average?
- At $53,750, a welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers earns 5% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 416,210 welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers employed nationally (SOC 51-4121), across all industries.
- Where does this welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 51-4121. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 51-4121 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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