Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers · SOC 51-4121
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Salary in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $51,120 per year ($24.58 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,810 at the 10th percentile to $69,310 at the 90th. BLS estimates 210 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in the Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area earn more than $51,120 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $46,870 and $59,260.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $38,810 | $46,870 | $51,120 | $59,260 | $69,310 |
| Hourly | $18.66 | $22.53 | $24.58 | $28.49 | $33.32 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$51,120 median for Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $46,870 to $59,260
- Idahostate$50,530 median for Idaho; middle half earns $46,120 to $59,350
- United Statesnational$53,750 median for United States; middle half earns $46,790 to $63,010
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +1% vs Idaho overall and −5% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Idaho
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan areathis page$51,120 median for Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $46,870 to $59,260
- $58,140 median for Pocatello metro area; middle half earns $51,150 to $58,850
- $55,890 median for Lewiston metro area; middle half earns $48,590 to $60,090
- $51,510 median for Coeur d'Alene metro area; middle half earns $47,110 to $57,560
- $50,770 median for Idaho Falls metro area; middle half earns $45,240 to $57,410
- $50,240 median for Boise City metro area; middle half earns $46,660 to $59,530
- $45,550 median for Twin Falls metro area; middle half earns $45,550 to $55,950
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazerss · Highest-paying occupations in Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.