Welding, soldering, & brazing workers

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2020 Workforce

574k

Average Age

39.7

Average Salary

$46,533

Average Male Salary

$47,290

Average Female Salary

$33,801

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 $46,533 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Welding, soldering, & brazing workers by wage are Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians, Mental health counselors, and Conveyor operators & tenders, & hoist & winch operators.

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 Northeast Nebraska PUMA, NE, Ector CountyOdessa City PUMA, TX, and Minot City PUMA, ND. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are Enid City PUMA, OK, Ector CountyOdessa City PUMA, TX, and DeKalb & Jackson Counties PUMA, AL.

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Production Occupations Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

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 Miscellaneous retail stores. Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are paid most in Canarsie & Flatlands PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Enid City PUMA, OK.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$46,533

AVERAGE SALARY

± $990

In 2020, Welding, soldering, & brazing workers earned an average of $46,533, $9,421 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Conveyor operators & tenders, & hoist & winch operators make somewhat more than Welding, soldering, & brazing workers while Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians 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

0.306

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Welding, soldering, & brazing workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.306, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. 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, Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing, Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing , Machinery manufacturing, n.e.c. or not specified, Miscellaneous fabricated metal products manufacturing, Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing, Ship & boat building, Not specified manufacturing industries, Construction, & mining & oil & gas field machinery manufacturing , and Machine shops; turned product; screw, nut & bolt manufacturing .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Welding, soldering, & brazing workers, by average wage, are Miscellaneous retail stores, Natural gas distribution, and Investigation & security services.

Industries by Share

574k

2020 Workforce

± 18,564

−2.46%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 4.66%

The number of people employed as Welding, soldering, & brazing workers has been declining at a rate of −2.46%, from 588,437 people in 2019 to 573,954 people in 2020.

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 15.6%, followed by Construction with 15.1% and Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing with 8.35%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in the US. The average age of male Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in the workforce is 39.6 and of female Welding, soldering, & brazing workers is 41.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Welding, soldering, & brazing workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

542k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 18,038

32.2k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 4,405

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

63.2% of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 14.2% 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 Sex

39.6

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.44

41.7

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.86

The median age of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers is 39.7, and Male employees are generally 2.09 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 Business but a relatively high number of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers hold a major in Mechanical Technologies.