Welding, soldering, & brazing workers

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2024 Workforce

553k

Average Age

39.5

Average Salary

$54,568

Average Male Salary

$55,347

Average Female Salary

$40,915

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 $54,568 in 2024.

The locations that employ the most Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are North Texas Regional Planning Commission--Outside Wichita County & Wise County PUMA, TX, Northeast Nebraska PUMA, NE, and South Central Planning & Development Commission 3--Terrebonne & St. Mary Parishes PUMA, LA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are Harris County (Southeast)--Pasadena City (North & Central)-Inside Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX, DeKalb & Jackson Counties PUMA, AL, and Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission (Southeast)--Victoria & Calhoun Counties PUMA, TX.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workforce. Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workforce in 2024 was 552,843 people, of which 5.4% were women and 94.6% were men.

Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are paid most in Northeast RI (Providence County)--Pawtucket Central Falls & E Providence Cities PUMA, RI but are relatively concentrated in Harris County (Southeast)--Pasadena City (North & Central)-Inside Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

523,006

Male Workforce

± 17.7k

29,837

Female Workforce

± 4.24k

The Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workforce in 2024 was 552,843 people (5.4% women and 94.6% men). This implies an average annual growth of −0.999% between 2014 (558,421) and 2024 (552,843).

Employment by Location

Level

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Welding, soldering, & brazing workers.

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Hawaii ($85,051), Rhode Island ($78,775), and Alaska ($72,485).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$54,568

AVERAGE WAGE

#275 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Welding, soldering, & brazing workers earned an average of $54,568, $15,309 less than the average national salary of $69,878

The graph shows the ranking of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2014.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.297

WAGE GINI

In 2024, Welding, soldering, & brazing workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.297, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. 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).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Welding, soldering, & brazing workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Welding, soldering, & brazing workers and on wages 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 Other miscellaneous retailers ($211,354).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

553k

2024 Workforce

± 18,222

−2.12%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 4.74%

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 39.2%, followed by Construction with 32.3% and Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing with 15.3%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in the US. The workforce of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in 2024 was 552,843 people, with 5.4% woman, and 94.6% men. The average age of male Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in the workforce is 39.5 and of female Welding, soldering, & brazing workers is 39.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Welding, soldering, & brazing workers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in 2024 was 552,843 people, with 5.4% woman, and 94.6% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (74,035 people), 30 to 34 years (73,329 people), and 20 to 24 years (72,964 people). Among them they concentrated 39.9% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 26.6% of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workers were Hispanic and 73.4% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (72.8%), Puerto Rican (6.54)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (3.38)%

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Races

In 2024, 64.3% of the Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workforce were White, of which 4.96% were women and 95% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (14.2%) and Other (10.1%).

Education & Skills

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 the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Mechanical Technologies.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (3,230 people), Engineering (2,281 people), and Education (1,058 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workers were High School or Equivalent (273,358 people), Some college (123,048 people), and Secondary Education (59,428 people).

The graphic shows the Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workforce by gender and educational level.