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What welders make
Median
$62,000
Lower end
$46,000
Upper end
$98,000
Job Bank's national figures for welders, 2023 to 2024: a median of $30 an hour, about $62,000 a year at 40 hours a week, with a lower end of $22 and an upper end of $47 an hour: the bottom and top of the range for everyone in the group. Rig welders who own their truck run a business and are not counted in this wage figure.