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What welders make
Median
$53,750
Bottom tenth
$39,240
Top tenth
$77,530
The national median is $53,750 a year. The bottom tenth earn $39,240 or less and the top tenth $77,530 or more (2025 federal wage survey). The survey counts welders, cutters, solderers and brazers together. Traveling pipeline and shutdown welders chase the work and can be out of work between jobs.