Brazing and Welding Machine Operators
Training and Education
| Fast Facts* | |
|---|---|
| Recommended Degree Level | Certificate or Higher |
| Salary, Typical | $34,720 |
| Salary Range | |
| Number of Jobs, 2012 | 49,430 |
| Annual Job Growth Rate | 3.2% |
| Job Openings per Year (est.) | 1,380 |
Having a postsecondary vocational award may make it easier to find a job. Employees with a bachelor's degree or higher are 2% of the total. About 25% of brazing and welding machine operators have some college education, but do not have a degree. High school was all the education required by 73% of workers to get a job.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Government survey data shows that 2% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week. Some 7% of brazing and welding machine operators work primarily as a consultant.
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Salaries by City
State City / Region Typical Salary Salary Range Job Count % of All Jobs AL Anniston - Oxford $40,910 60 0.13% AL Birmingham - Hoover $33,130 190 0.04% AL Gadsden $27,800 130 0.38% AL Huntsville $30,650 110 0.05% AL Mobile $38,510 N/A N/A AL Montgomery $36,200 100 0.07% AR Fayetteville - Springdale - Rogers $33,640 40 0.02% AR Fort Smith $34,530 N/A N/A AZ Phoenix - Mesa - Glendale $41,960 150 0.01% CA Bakersfield - Delano $34,900 N/A N/A CA Fresno $26,440 N/A N/A CA Los Angeles - Long Beach - Glendale (Metro Area) $29,040 830 0.02% CA Oakland - Fremont - Hayward (Metro Area) $39,170 350 0.04% CA Oxnard - Thousand Oaks - Ventura $35,880 N/A N/A CA Riverside - San Bernardino - Ontario $34,400 N/A N/A CA Sacramento - Arden - Arcade - Roseville $32,790 50 0.01% CA San Diego - Carlsbad - San Marcos $41,450 N/A N/A CA San Jose - Sunnyvale - Santa Clara $41,750 220 0.02% CA San Luis Obispo - Paso Robles $29,700 N/A N/A CA Santa Ana - Anaheim - Irvine (Metro Area) $31,550 490 0.03% CA Santa Rosa - Petaluma $34,610 N/A N/A CA Stockton $36,220 90 0.05% CO Denver - Aurora - Broomfield $36,760 240 0.02% CO Greeley $36,400 N/A N/A CT Bridgeport - Stamford - Norwalk $41,320 N/A N/A CT Hartford - West Hartford - East Hartford $35,300 230 0.04% CT New Haven $45,990 N/A N/A CT Norwich - New London $42,940 40 0.03% DC Washington - Arlington - Alexandria (Metro Area) $33,490 100 0.00% FL Miami - Miami Beach - Kendall (Metro Area) $35,620 30 0.00% FL Orlando - Kissimmee - Sanford $34,390 120 0.01% FL Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater $31,570 40 0.00% GA Atlanta - Sandy Springs - Marietta $34,130 400 0.02% GA Augusta - Richmond County $31,610 110 0.05% GA Savannah $26,860 N/A N/A HI Honolulu $49,400 N/A N/A IA Davenport - Moline - Rock Island $28,130 60 0.03% IA Des Moines - West Des Moines $33,520 140 0.04% IA Waterloo - Cedar Falls $35,540 190 0.21% ID Boise City - Nampa $32,430 30 0.01% IL Chicago - Joliet - Naperville (Metro Area) $30,130 1,760 0.05% IL Lake County - Kenosha County (Metro Area) $33,410 N/A N/A IL Peoria $31,990 110 0.06% IL Rockford $33,620 90 0.07% IN Elkhart - Goshen $27,400 400 0.37% IN Fort Wayne $32,810 110 0.06% IN Gary (Metro Area) $29,840 90 0.03% IN Indianapolis - Carmel $29,540 610 0.07% IN Michigan City - La Porte $30,610 60 0.15% IN South Bend - Mishawaka $31,030 100 0.08% KS Wichita $41,510 210 0.07% KY Louisville - Jefferson County $32,540 570 0.10% LA Baton Rouge $40,390 180 0.05% LA Houma - Bayou Cane - Thibodaux $39,930 110 0.12% LA Lafayette $36,580 60 0.04% LA New Orleans - Metairie - Kenner $39,040 50 0.01% LA Shreveport - Bossier City $41,190 60 0.03% MA Boston - Cambridge - Quincy (Metro Area) $34,030 200 0.01% MA Framingham (Metro Area) $42,920 60 0.04% MA Springfield $47,620 N/A N/A MA Worcester $29,830 50 0.02% MD Baltimore - Towson $44,180 N/A N/A MI Detroit - Livonia - Dearborn (Metro Area) $49,740 950 0.14% MI Grand Rapids - Wyoming $36,500 300 0.08% MI Holland - Grand Haven $32,980 240 0.24% MI Lansing - East Lansing $34,840 70 0.04% MI Saginaw - Saginaw Township North $31,760 50 0.06% MI Warren - Troy - Farmington Hills (Metro Area) $35,560 520 0.05% MN Minneapolis - St. Paul - Bloomington $43,200 650 0.04% MN Rochester $35,610 N/A N/A MN St. Cloud $37,040 110 0.11% MO Joplin $29,900 50 0.06% MO Kansas City $34,360 110 0.01% MO Springfield $34,550 100 0.05% MO St. Louis $36,100 380 0.03% MS Jackson $34,490 40 0.02% NC Asheville $30,460 50 0.03% NC Charlotte - Gastonia - Rock Hill $31,730 360 0.04% NC Greensboro - High Point $33,310 150 0.05% NC Hickory - Lenoir - Morganton $30,440 70 0.05% NC Raleigh - Cary $34,440 N/A N/A NC Winston - Salem $50,510 380 0.19% ND Bismarck $37,770 50 0.08% ND Fargo $36,980 80 0.06% NH Nashua (Metro Area) $28,170 N/A N/A NH Rochester - Dover $33,710 N/A N/A NJ Camden (Metro Area) $36,640 40 0.01% NJ Edison - New Brunswick (Metro Area) $34,050 120 0.01% NJ Newark - Union (Metro Area) $34,960 N/A N/A NV Las Vegas - Paradise $41,690 N/A N/A NY Buffalo - Niagara Falls $47,530 280 0.05% NY Elmira $37,220 100 0.27% NY Nassau - Suffolk (Metro Area) $34,420 180 0.01% NY New York - White Plains - Wayne (Metro Area) $35,130 430 0.01% NY Rochester $32,000 90 0.02% NY Syracuse $40,740 30 0.01% NY Utica - Rome $35,370 N/A N/A OH Akron $39,070 200 0.06% OH Canton - Massillon $34,480 180 0.11% OH Cincinnati - Middletown $28,290 690 0.07% OH Cleveland - Elyria - Mentor $36,880 570 0.06% OH Columbus $35,520 N/A N/A OH Dayton $36,380 130 0.03% OH Mansfield $22,310 180 0.36% OH Springfield $54,880 60 0.12% OH Toledo $29,210 N/A N/A OH Youngstown - Warren - Boardman $38,540 80 0.04% OK Oklahoma City $32,990 240 0.04% OK Tulsa $38,060 380 0.09% OR Eugene - Springfield $39,810 50 0.04% OR Portland - Vancouver - Hillsboro $39,740 190 0.02% PA Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton $40,690 40 0.01% PA Erie $36,230 80 0.06% PA Lancaster $36,800 N/A N/A PA Philadelphia (Metro Area) $37,100 230 0.01% PA Pittsburgh $39,270 220 0.02% PA Reading $42,460 40 0.02% PA Scranton - Wilkes - Barre $31,550 30 0.01% PA York - Hanover $38,240 N/A N/A RI Providence - Fall River - Warwick $29,370 180 0.03% SC Anderson $35,350 N/A N/A SC Charleston - North Charleston - Summerville $37,320 60 0.02% SC Columbia $32,410 N/A N/A SC Greenville - Mauldin - Easley $35,470 90 0.03% SD Sioux Falls $32,890 40 0.03% TN Chattanooga $42,540 N/A N/A TN Johnson City $31,030 30 0.04% TN Kingsport - Bristol - Bristol $32,150 140 0.12% TN Knoxville $30,950 120 0.04% TN Memphis $33,750 N/A N/A TN Nashville - Davidson - Murfreesboro - Franklin $33,830 260 0.04% TX Austin - Round Rock - San Marcos $30,760 N/A N/A TX Dallas - Plano - Irving (Metro Area) $29,670 200 0.01% TX Fort Worth - Arlington (Metro Area) $28,800 360 0.04% TX Houston - Sugar Land - Baytown $33,830 1,310 0.05% TX Longview $28,630 220 0.23% TX Odessa $39,260 N/A N/A TX San Antonio - New Braunfels $28,990 100 0.01% UT Ogden - Clearfield N/A 60 0.03% UT Salt Lake City $31,630 50 0.01% VA Blacksburg - Christiansburg - Radford $51,530 140 0.22% VA Lynchburg $27,560 80 0.08% VA Richmond $37,410 80 0.01% VA Roanoke $33,140 240 0.16% WA Seattle - Bellevue - Everett (Metro Area) $34,580 250 0.02% WA Spokane $37,270 120 0.06% WI Appleton $37,240 40 0.03% WI Green Bay $39,340 110 0.07% WI Madison $34,060 80 0.02% WI Milwaukee - Waukesha - West Allis $37,630 840 0.10% WI Oshkosh - Neenah $36,000 N/A N/A WI Racine $37,420 50 0.07% WI Wausau $37,980 140 0.22%
Area Job Conditions
Cities with few jobs per capita for employees are Washington (District of Columbia), Las Vegas (Nevada), and Austin (Texas). The most jobs are found in Oshkosh (Wisconsin), Monroe (Michigan), and Springfield (Ohio).
Within the US, the highest salaries for brazing and welding machine operators are found in Monroe (Michigan), Albany (New York), and Virginia Beach (Virginia), and the lowest are found in Gadsden (Alabama), Houma (Louisiana), and Johnson City (Tennessee).