Welding, soldering, & brazing workers

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2022 Workforce

572k

Average Age

39.5

Average Salary

$51,904

Average Male Salary

$52,722

Average Female Salary

$38,035

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 $51,904 in 2022.

The locations that employ the most Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (Central)--Ector County, Odessa City PUMA, TX, Northeast Nebraska PUMA, NE, and North Central Kansas--Salina City PUMA, KS. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (Central)--Ector County, Odessa City PUMA, TX, DeKalb & Jackson Counties PUMA, AL, and Capital Region Planning Commission 4--East Baton Rouge Parish (North) PUMA, LA.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workforce. Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workforce in 2022 was 571,931 people, of which 5.57% were women and 94.4% were men. Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are paid most in Harris County (Northwest)--North of US-290 & North of FM-1960 PUMA, TX but are relatively concentrated in Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (Central)--Ector County, Odessa City PUMA, TX.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

540,078

Male Workforce

± 18k

31,853

Female Workforce

± 4.38k

The Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workforce in 2022 was 571,931 people (5.57% women and 94.4% men). This implies an average annual growth of 2.42% between 2014 (558,421) and 2022 (571,931).

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 2022, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Hawaii ($86,783), Wyoming ($82,287), and Rhode Island ($77,826).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$51,904

AVERAGE WAGE

#306 in the ranking (2022)

$64,683

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2022, Welding, soldering, & brazing workers earned an average of $51,904, $12,779 less than the average national salary of $64,683

The graph shows the ranking of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2022.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.303

WAGE GINI

In 2022, Welding, soldering, & brazing workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.303, which is lower 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).

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 Miscellaneous retail stores ($208,015).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

572k

2022 Workforce

± 18,532

−0.542%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 4.6%

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 42.3%, followed by Construction with 38.9% and Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing with 18.8%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in the US. The workforce of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in 2022 was 571,931 people, with 5.57% woman, and 94.4% men. The average age of male Welding, soldering, & brazing workers in the workforce is 39.5 and of female Welding, soldering, & brazing workers is 40.7, 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 2022 was 571,931 people, with 5.57% woman, and 94.4% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (76,639 people), 30 to 34 years (74,878 people), and 20 to 24 years (73,829 people). Among them they concentrated 39.4% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2022, 25.4% of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workers were Hispanic and 74.6% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (88.3%), Puerto Rican (8.09)%, and Salvadoran (3.59)%

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Races

In 2022, 71.9% of the Welding, soldering, & brazing workers workforce were White, of which 4.77% were women and 95.2% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (8.73%) and Other (8.21%).

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 2022 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 2022 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (2,975 people), Engineering (2,182 people), and Education (1,155 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 (278,377 people), Some college (131,066 people), and Secondary Education (66,086 people).

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