Welding, soldering, & brazing workers

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Total Workforce

581k

Average Age

39.5

Average Salary

$45,182

Average Male Salary

$45,961

Average Female Salary

$31,961

About

Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are most often employed by the Commercial & industrial machinery & equipment repair & maintenance industry. The average yearly wage for Welding, soldering, & brazing workers was $45,182 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Welding, soldering, & brazing workers by wage are Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, & weighers, Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, and Food service managers.

Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are part of the Production Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, Engine & other machine assemblers, Structural metal fabricators & fitters, Other assemblers and fabricators, and 55 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are Ector CountyOdessa City PUMA, TX, Brazoria County (Southwest)Lake Jackson City PUMA, TX, and Grayson, Cooke & Fannin Counties PUMA, TX. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are Brazoria County (Southwest)Lake Jackson City PUMA, TX, Ector CountyOdessa City PUMA, TX, and Rhea, Marion, Sequatchie, Grundy, Bledsoe & Meigs Counties PUMA, TN.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Welding, soldering, & brazing workers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Commercial & industrial machinery & equipment repair & maintenance is the industry that employs the most Welding, soldering, & brazing workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Welding, soldering, & brazing workers, by average wage, is Electric & gas, and other combinations. Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are paid most in Campbell, Goshen, Platte, Johnson, Washakie, Weston, Crook & Niobrara Counties PUMA, WY but are relatively concentrated in Brazoria County (Southwest)Lake Jackson City PUMA, TX.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$45,182

AVERAGE SALARY

± $967

In 2018, Welding, soldering, & brazing workers earned an average of $45,182, $8,707 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Food service managers make somewhat more than Welding, soldering, & brazing workers while Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, & weighers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Welding, soldering, & brazing workers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.31

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Welding, soldering, & brazing workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.31, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Welding, soldering, & brazing workers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Welding, soldering, & brazing workers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Welding, soldering, & brazing workers, by number of employees, are Commercial & industrial machinery & equipment repair & maintenance, Construction, and Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Welding, soldering, & brazing workers, by average wage, are Electric & gas, and other combinations, Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems, Natural gas distribution, Coal mining, Electric power generation, transmission & distribution, and Natural gas distribution.

Industries by Share

581k

2018 Workforce

± 18,670

1.04%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 4.51%

The number of people employed as Welding, soldering, & brazing workers has been growing at a rate of 1.04%, from 574,552 people in 2017 to 580,520 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers employed by various industries. Commercial & industrial machinery & equipment repair & maintenance employs the largest share of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers at 16.5%, followed by Construction with 14.9% and Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing with 7.94%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in the US. The average age of male Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in the workforce is 39.3 and of female Welding, soldering, & brazing workers is 42.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Welding, soldering, & brazing workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

548k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 18,145

32.3k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 4,412

94.4% of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

63.4% of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 17.2% of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers.

Age by Gender

39.3

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.439

42.5

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.94

The median age of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers is 39.5, and Male employees are generally 3.19 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Welding, soldering, & brazing workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Welding, soldering, & brazing workers is Education but a relatively high number of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers hold a major in Mechanical Technologies.