Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers · SOC 51-4121
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Salary in the Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in the Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $47,210 per year ($22.70 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,640 at the 10th percentile to $64,100 at the 90th. BLS estimates 860 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in the Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area earn more than $47,210 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,940 and $54,730.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $37,640 | $43,940 | $47,210 | $54,730 | $64,100 |
| Hourly | $18.10 | $21.12 | $22.70 | $26.31 | $30.82 |
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
- Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$47,210 median for Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $43,940 to $54,730
- Missouristate$51,950 median for Missouri; middle half earns $45,930 to $61,660
- 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 −9% vs Missouri overall and −12% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Missouri
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.
- Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan areathis page$47,210 median for Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $43,940 to $54,730
- $66,060 median for St. Joseph metro area; middle half earns $55,850 to $66,060
- $57,370 median for Kansas City metro area; middle half earns $48,240 to $71,380
- $54,080 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $47,520 to $60,390
- $52,700 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $47,250 to $52,700
- $51,640 median for St. Louis metro area; middle half earns $46,630 to $60,560
- $51,580 median for Jefferson City metro area; middle half earns $47,730 to $59,070
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 Southeast Missouri 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.