Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in the US
A welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders earns a national median of $47,920 a year (mean $50,220) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #600 of 825.
How much does a welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders earn in the US?
A welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in the United States earns a median of $47,920 a year (mean $50,220), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 6% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 31,600 people work in this occupation (SOC 51-4122), ranked #600 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$47,920
per year
Mean
$50,220
per year
Employment
31,600
US workers
National rank
#600
of 825 by median
What a welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders (SOC 51-4122) earns a median annual wage of $47,920 and a mean (average) of $50,220. The median is the midpoint — half of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders earn more and half earn less — and is 6% below 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 welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders is $47,920, and the mean (average) is $50,220. The median is the midpoint — half of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders earn more and half earn less.
- How does welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders pay compare to the US average?
- At $47,920, a welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders earns 6% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 31,600 welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders employed nationally (SOC 51-4122), across all industries.
- Where does this welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 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 51-4122. 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 51-4122 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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