Pay distribution $49,130 10th $57,420 25th $76,730 75th $92,310 90th
Half of Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in the San Jose metro area earn more than $64,140 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $57,420 and $76,730.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $49,130 $57,420 $64,140 $76,730 $92,310 Hourly $23.62 $27.61 $30.84 $36.89 $44.38
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 San Jose metro areathis metro area
$64,140 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $57,420 to $76,730
$58,060 median for California; middle half earns $48,480 to $70,400
$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 +10% vs California overall and +19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $28,450 $47,563 $66,677 $85,790 Aguadilla, PR — $28,450 Arecibo, PR — $29,380 Mayaguez, PR — $30,230 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $30,390 Ponce, PR — $31,680 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $39,710 Columbus, GA-AL — $40,100 Texarkana, TX-AR — $41,920 Gadsden, AL — $42,240 Rome, GA — $42,280 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $42,520 Tyler, TX — $43,100 Mansfield, OH — $43,120 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $43,490 Huntsville, AL — $44,020 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $44,210 Sumter, SC — $44,540 Bloomington, IN — $44,730 Florence, SC — $44,990 El Paso, TX — $45,000 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $45,020 Dothan, AL — $45,210 Laredo, TX — $45,370 Jackson, TN — $45,460 Twin Falls, ID — $45,550 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $45,640 Joplin, MO-KS — $45,770 Johnson City, TN — $46,070 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $46,080 Terre Haute, IN — $46,090 Winston-Salem, NC — $46,370 Waco, TX — $46,380 Hot Springs, AR — $46,400 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $46,420 San Angelo, TX — $46,440 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $46,630 Cleveland, TN — $46,670 Lubbock, TX — $46,760 Johnstown, PA — $46,780 Visalia, CA — $46,850 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $46,980 Morristown, TN — $47,070 Tallahassee, FL — $47,130 Albany, GA — $47,180 Bloomington, IL — $47,180 Dalton, GA — $47,190 Gainesville, FL — $47,230 Valdosta, GA — $47,240 Sebring, FL — $47,250 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $47,440 Kankakee, IL — $47,460 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $47,520 Las Cruces, NM — $47,520 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $47,560 Morgantown, WV — $47,650 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $47,670 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $47,690 Missoula, MT — $47,720 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $47,740 Springfield, OH — $47,780 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $47,850 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $47,860 Montgomery, AL — $47,880 Sandusky, OH — $47,900 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $47,970 Charleston, WV — $48,000 Knoxville, TN — $48,040 Punta Gorda, FL — $48,040 Midland, MI — $48,120 Williamsport, PA — $48,130 Abilene, TX — $48,160 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $48,170 Lawrence, KS — $48,180 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $48,220 Ocala, FL — $48,270 Goldsboro, NC — $48,320 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $48,380 Gainesville, GA — $48,430 Killeen-Temple, TX — $48,460 Dover, DE — $48,510 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $48,520 Paducah, KY-IL — $48,560 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $48,580 Victoria, TX — $48,580 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $48,600 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $48,610 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $48,630 Chico, CA — $48,740 Oklahoma City, OK — $48,760 Flint, MI — $48,810 Elmira, NY — $48,820 Saginaw, MI — $48,820 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $48,920 Logan, UT-ID — $48,920 Grand Island, NE — $48,940 Beckley, WV — $48,960 Gettysburg, PA — $49,010 Wichita Falls, TX — $49,010 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $49,020 Cleveland, OH — $49,040 Homosassa Springs, FL — $49,040 Niles, MI — $49,040 Enid, OK — $49,090 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $49,090 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $49,130 Toledo, OH — $49,130 Erie, PA — $49,180 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $49,220 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $49,280 Fort Wayne, IN — $49,300 Columbus, IN — $49,320 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $49,330 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $49,370 Traverse City, MI — $49,420 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,460 Hattiesburg, MS — $49,500 Monroe, MI — $49,570 Rocky Mount, NC — $49,600 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $49,630 Utica-Rome, NY — $49,630 Yuma, AZ — $49,680 Lawton, OK — $49,720 Columbia, SC — $49,730 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $49,770 Fayetteville, NC — $49,780 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $49,780 Jackson, MI — $49,790 Spartanburg, SC — $49,820 Kokomo, IN — $49,860 Springfield, IL — $49,860 Wheeling, WV-OH — $49,920 Birmingham, AL — $49,930 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $49,930 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $49,930 Albuquerque, NM — $49,980 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $50,030 Warner Robins, GA — $50,170 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $50,200 Rockford, IL — $50,200 Boise City, ID — $50,240 Medford, OR — $50,270 Akron, OH — $50,340 Merced, CA — $50,340 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $50,370 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $50,390 Canton-Massillon, OH — $50,510 Fresno, CA — $50,550 Manhattan, KS — $50,550 Binghamton, NY — $50,560 Bangor, ME — $50,590 Jacksonville, FL — $50,640 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $50,710 Burlington, NC — $50,740 Idaho Falls, ID — $50,770 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $50,800 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $50,840 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $50,870 St. George, UT — $50,890 Lebanon, PA — $50,920 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $50,950 Evansville, IN — $50,960 State College, PA — $51,030 Yuba City, CA — $51,040 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $51,070 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $51,080 Tucson, AZ — $51,150 Pueblo, CO — $51,190 Columbus, OH — $51,260 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $51,300 Grants Pass, OR — $51,330 Topeka, KS — $51,390 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $51,480 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $51,510 Altoona, PA — $51,540 Grand Junction, CO — $51,580 Jefferson City, MO — $51,580 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $51,630 St. Louis, MO-IL — $51,640 Rapid City, SD — $51,690 Owensboro, KY — $51,700 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $51,810 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $51,820 Harrisonburg, VA — $51,870 Monroe, LA — $51,870 Jonesboro, AR — $51,900 Lynchburg, VA — $51,970 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $51,990 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $52,050 Tuscaloosa, AL — $52,180 Jackson, MS — $52,220 Port St. Lucie, FL — $52,270 Longview, TX — $52,300 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $52,330 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $52,410 Redding, CA — $52,450 Asheville, NC — $52,540 Modesto, CA — $52,590 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $52,650 Billings, MT — $52,670 Columbia, MO — $52,700 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $52,710 College Station-Bryan, TX — $52,800 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $52,800 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $52,800 Santa Fe, NM — $52,820 Mankato, MN — $52,940 Battle Creek, MI — $52,970 Clarksville, TN-KY — $52,970 Vineland, NJ — $53,000 Omaha, NE-IA — $53,110 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $53,160 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $53,280 Chambersburg, PA — $53,340 Muncie, IN — $53,340 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $53,350 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $53,420 Tulsa, OK — $53,550 Pittsburgh, PA — $53,610 Bowling Green, KY — $53,630 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $53,680 Lincoln, NE — $53,990 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $54,030 Springfield, MO — $54,080 Ithaca, NY — $54,170 Ann Arbor, MI — $54,180 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $54,180 Wichita, KS — $54,190 Lancaster, PA — $54,370 Flagstaff, AZ — $54,460 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $54,560 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $54,590 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $54,640 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $54,670 Winchester, VA-WV — $54,690 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $54,740 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $54,790 Reading, PA — $54,840 Sherman-Denison, TX — $55,020 York-Hanover, PA — $55,070 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $55,200 Colorado Springs, CO — $55,270 Wilmington, NC — $55,340 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $55,410 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $55,420 Amarillo, TX — $55,460 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $55,520 Syracuse, NY — $55,660 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $55,690 Great Falls, MT — $55,720 Wausau, WI — $55,780 Lewiston, ID-WA — $55,890 Springfield, MA — $56,010 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $56,020 Roanoke, VA — $56,040 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $56,060 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $56,070 Dubuque, IA — $56,100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $56,160 Savannah, GA — $56,410 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $56,440 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $56,540 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $56,720 Cedar Rapids, IA — $56,750 Bend, OR — $56,910 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $56,940 Decatur, AL — $56,990 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $56,990 Rochester, NY — $57,130 Salem, OR — $57,180 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $57,290 Corvallis, OR — $57,350 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $57,360 Greenville, NC — $57,360 Kansas City, MO-KS — $57,370 Duluth, MN-WI — $57,410 Charlottesville, VA — $57,420 Farmington, NM — $57,440 Yakima, WA — $57,450 Kingston, NY — $57,600 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $57,650 Decatur, IL — $57,670 Richmond, VA — $57,710 Lafayette, LA — $57,750 Bay City, MI — $57,760 Iowa City, IA — $57,780 Kenosha, WI — $57,780 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $57,940 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $57,980 Eau Claire, WI — $58,110 Pocatello, ID — $58,140 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $58,200 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $58,230 Salinas, CA — $58,240 El Centro, CA — $58,350 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $58,380 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $58,460 Salisbury, MD — $58,480 Hammond, LA — $58,490 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $58,510 Ames, IA — $58,560 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $58,680 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $58,800 Reno, NV — $58,800 Green Bay, WI — $58,850 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $58,890 Appleton, WI — $58,920 Peoria, IL — $58,960 Cheyenne, WY — $59,030 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $59,040 Bozeman, MT — $59,140 Glens Falls, NY — $59,140 Greeley, CO — $59,180 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $59,190 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $59,200 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $59,350 Walla Walla, WA — $59,380 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $59,390 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $59,390 Corpus Christi, TX — $59,450 Sheboygan, WI — $59,460 Madison, WI — $59,530 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $59,660 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $59,820 Longview-Kelso, WA — $59,860 Elizabethtown, KY — $59,900 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $59,980 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $60,000 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $60,190 Ogden, UT — $60,240 Worcester, MA — $60,320 Rochester, MN — $60,380 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $60,670 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $60,720 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $60,810 Lexington Park, MD — $60,840 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $60,880 Fond du Lac, WI — $60,930 Fargo, ND-MN — $61,140 Midland, TX — $61,410 Mobile, AL — $61,420 Carson City, NV — $61,520 New Haven, CT — $61,630 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $61,680 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $61,880 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $61,920 Bismarck, ND — $62,000 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $62,050 Minot, ND — $62,060 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $62,560 Casper, WY — $62,660 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $62,670 Albany, OR — $62,790 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $62,800 St. Cloud, MN — $62,820 Napa, CA — $62,890 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $63,270 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $63,440 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $63,440 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $63,460 Odessa, TX — $63,470 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $63,610 Bellingham, WA — $63,720 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $63,770 Vallejo, CA — $63,860 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $64,140 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $64,320 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $64,470 Alexandria, LA — $64,490 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $64,720 Boulder, CO — $65,040 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $66,060 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $66,240 Portland-South Portland, ME — $66,420 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $67,280 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $71,720 Lake Charles, LA — $72,920 Anchorage, AK — $74,000 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $75,040 Baton Rouge, LA — $78,170 Fairbanks-College, AK — $80,210 Urban Honolulu, HI — $81,120 Lima, OH — $85,790 San Jose metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The San Jose metro area has the 18th-highest published median for this occupation among the 382 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California 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.
San Jose metro areathis page
$64,140 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $57,420 to $76,730
$64,320 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $56,680 to $78,920
$63,860 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $52,110 to $79,520
$62,890 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $50,020 to $78,930
$62,560 median for San Diego metro area; middle half earns $50,400 to $76,630
$58,350 median for El Centro metro area; middle half earns $45,370 to $74,200
$58,240 median for Salinas metro area; middle half earns $48,530 to $72,470
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers $55,230 Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators $52,360 Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers $60,610 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers $89,970 Semiconductor Processing Technicians $50,820 Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators $59,620 Highest-paying metro areas for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazerss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro
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 .