Welding, soldering, & brazing workers

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2023 Workforce

565k

Average Age

39.6

Average Salary

$53,432

Average Male Salary

$54,262

Average Female Salary

$39,352

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 $53,432 in 2023.

The locations that employ the most Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are Northeast Nebraska PUMA, NE, Ark-Tex COG (West) PUMA, TX, and North Texas Regional Planning Commission--Outside Wichita County & Wise County PUMA, TX. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are DeKalb & Jackson Counties PUMA, AL, Houston (East), Galena Park, Jacinto Cities & Cloverleaf PUMA, TX, and Ark-Tex COG (West) PUMA, TX.

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Production Occupations Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workforce. Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workforce in 2023 was 564,836 people, of which 5.57% were women and 94.4% 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 DeKalb & Jackson Counties PUMA, AL.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

533,377

Male Workforce

± 17.9k

31,459

Female Workforce

± 4.35k

The Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workforce in 2023 was 564,836 people (5.57% women and 94.4% men). This implies an average annual growth of 1.15% between 2014 (558,421) and 2023 (564,836).

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 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Hawaii ($82,505), Wyoming ($78,902), and Rhode Island ($77,387).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$53,432

AVERAGE WAGE

#308 in the ranking (2023)

$67,727

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Welding, soldering, & brazing workers earned an average of $53,432, $14,295 less than the average national salary of $67,727

The graph shows the ranking of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2023.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.299

WAGE GINI

In 2023, Welding, soldering, & brazing workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.299, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. 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 Pipeline transportation ($116,888).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

565k

2023 Workforce

± 18,418

−1.4%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 4.66%

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 37.4%, followed by Construction with 32.9% and Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing with 15.5%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in the US. The workforce of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in 2023 was 564,836 people, with 5.57% woman, and 94.4% men. The average age of male Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in the workforce is 39.6 and of female Welding, soldering, & brazing workers is 39.8, 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 2023 was 564,836 people, with 5.57% woman, and 94.4% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (75,437 people), 30 to 34 years (74,616 people), and 20 to 24 years (72,934 people). Among them they concentrated 39.5% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 25.8% of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workers were Hispanic and 74.2% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (74.3%), Puerto Rican (6.59)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (3.18)%

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Races

In 2023, 67.9% of the Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workforce were White, of which 4.87% were women and 95.1% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (11.4%) and Other (9.13%).

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 2023 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 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (3,365 people), Engineering (2,104 people), and Mechanical Technologies (965 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 (277,378 people), Some college (126,568 people), and Secondary Education (63,394 people).

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