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Welding And Brazing Workers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

The count of welding and brazing workers working in the US is about 409,000. Unemployment for this career is high compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

A government survey revealed that 2% of employees work only part of the time. Welding and brazing workers who work as their own boss represent 6% of the total.

Training and Education

Many employers require a postsecondary vocational award from job applicants. Bachelor's degrees are held by 2% of employees. People with some college experience but no degree make up 25% of welding and brazing workers. The highest level of education for for 73% of workers was a high school diploma. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

There are comparatively more jobs of this type in Houma (Louisiana), Odessa (Texas), and Casper (Wyoming), and comparatively fewer in San Francisco (California), Barnstable (Massachusetts), and Springfield (Illinois).

The earning potential for welding and brazing workers appears to be highest in Bay City (Michigan), Kokomo (Indiana), and Bakersfield (California), and lowest (comparatively speaking) in Dalton (Georgia), Brownsville (Texas), and Joplin (Missouri).

Career Overview Video About Welding And Brazing Workers

Welding And Brazing Workers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Welding And Brazing Workers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Welding And Brazing Workers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Welding And Brazing Workers are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston530$39,590 5
AlabamaAuburn110$25,6201.1
AlabamaBirmingham2,110$33,5001.6
AlabamaDecatur490$31,630 4
AlabamaDothan240$25,8701.8
AlabamaFlorence150$26,9301.3
AlabamaGadsden110$25,7401.5
AlabamaHuntsville270$31,5200.5
AlabamaMobile1,500$33,420 3.3
AlabamaMontgomery670$31,4601.6
AlabamaTuscaloosa200$44,5800.9
AlaskaAnchorage270$53,9300.7
AlaskaFairbanks130$52,8901.9
ArizonaFlagstaff40$33,8600.3
ArizonaKingman110$33,3401
ArizonaPhoenix4,060$33,0400.8
ArizonaPrescott80$34,5000.6
ArizonaTucson620$32,6400.7
ArizonaYuma90$33,9900.7
ArkansasFayetteville570$30,2201.2
ArkansasFort Smith740$30,380 2.6
ArkansasHot Springs70$29,7500.9
ArkansasJonesboro340$29,190 3.1
ArkansasLittle Rock780$32,7900.9
ArkansasPine Bluff130$30,1201.8
CaliforniaBakersfield1,010$51,6401.5
CaliforniaChico140$34,9800.9
CaliforniaEl Centro100$33,4800.9
CaliforniaFresno750$30,6900.9
CaliforniaHanford80$28,2901.3
CaliforniaMadera140$33,9001.8
CaliforniaMerced170$34,9401.3
CaliforniaModesto570$37,8001.4
CaliforniaNapa140$36,6301
CaliforniaOakland2,160$41,3000.8
CaliforniaOxnard650$34,8200.9
CaliforniaRedding80$34,8500.5
CaliforniaRiverside3,370$31,7401
CaliforniaSacramento1,030$37,1200.5
CaliforniaSalinas100$45,3000.3
CaliforniaSan Diego2,290$39,3300.7
CaliforniaSan Francisco440$43,0300.2
CaliforniaSan Jose1,190$40,3600.5
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo220$41,6100.9
CaliforniaSanta Ana3,140$34,6500.8
CaliforniaSanta Barbara250$35,3100.6
CaliforniaSanta Cruz70$40,1500.3
CaliforniaSanta Rosa340$39,4600.7
CaliforniaStockton950$33,2601.8
CaliforniaVallejo220$39,8600.7
CaliforniaVisalia270$28,6000.8
CaliforniaYuba City70$34,7600.8
ColoradoBoulder160$39,8800.4
ColoradoColorado Springs330$32,9800.5
ColoradoDenver1,470$37,1800.5
ColoradoFort Collins260$35,4100.9
ColoradoGrand Junction320$39,140 2.5
ColoradoGreeley490$36,820 2.8
ColoradoPueblo210$32,0101.7
ConnecticutBridgeport260$39,3800.2
ConnecticutDanbury120$37,2100.7
ConnecticutHartford850$40,8400.6
ConnecticutNew Haven320$39,4300.5
ConnecticutNorwich240$40,0000.8
ConnecticutWaterbury70$34,5400.4
DelawareDover70$36,9500.6
DelawareWilmington480$44,1700.6
District of ColumbiaWashington1,600$44,3000.3
FloridaDeltona200$30,9400.5
FloridaFort Lauderdale900$35,6200.5
FloridaGainesville140$26,1500.5
FloridaJacksonville1,470$35,1501
FloridaLakeland1,030$34,180 2.1
FloridaMiami1,690$34,7900.7
FloridaNaples80$35,2700.3
FloridaOcala290$32,1901.3
FloridaOrlando2,160$36,2800.8
FloridaPalm Bay380$36,9300.8
FloridaPanama City260$34,9901.6
FloridaPensacola170$31,5800.5
FloridaPort St Lucie140$36,3600.5
FloridaSarasota580$28,0800.9
FloridaSebastian60$35,3100.6
FloridaTampa1,970$32,3500.6
FloridaWest Palm Beach410$43,6300.3
GeorgiaAlbany130$33,2500.9
GeorgiaAthens240$30,3501.4
GeorgiaAtlanta5,150$32,1800.8
GeorgiaAugusta490$34,4901
GeorgiaBrunswick80$36,2200.9
GeorgiaDalton230$24,5701.3
GeorgiaGainesville920$31,850 5.7
GeorgiaMacon190$30,8900.8
GeorgiaRome310$28,710 3.9
GeorgiaSavannah310$38,8000.8
GeorgiaValdosta210$32,1801.7
HawaiiHonolulu590$51,6000.5
IdahoBoise1,270$30,1901.9
IdahoCoeur Dalene110$32,3600.9
IdahoIdaho Falls120$29,9401.1
IdahoLewiston90$37,6601.9
IllinoisChampaign180$35,9100.8
IllinoisChicago7,360$35,5800.7
IllinoisDecatur90$39,5900.9
IllinoisKankakee90$27,7401.1
IllinoisPeoria3,080$33,020 7.4
IllinoisRockford590$36,9801.6
IllinoisSpringfield40$40,9700.2
IndianaAnderson120$31,6201.4
IndianaElkhart1,570$34,250 5
IndianaEvansville500$30,9501.2
IndianaFort Wayne850$31,7701.6
IndianaGary1,540$39,380 2.2
IndianaIndianapolis1,580$35,4300.7
IndianaKokomo90$47,8701.2
IndianaMichigan City90$34,1301
IndianaMuncie110$27,5701.1
IndianaSouth Bend400$33,1901.2
IndianaTerre Haute260$33,9801.6
IowaAmes110$30,8001.3
IowaCedar Rapids410$32,2201.3
IowaDavenport850$39,3401.9
IowaDes Moines830$34,5701
IowaDubuque180$34,6001.6
IowaIowa City90$31,1200.5
IowaSioux City260$31,0901.6
IowaWaterloo760$33,350 3.8
KansasTopeka230$27,9700.9
KansasWichita1,410$35,0001.8
KentuckyBowling Green70$28,6100.5
KentuckyElizabethtown160$38,2501.7
KentuckyLexington670$33,5801.1
KentuckyLouisville2,810$34,5201.8
KentuckyOwensboro550$32,590 5.1
LouisianaAlexandria100$39,1200.7
LouisianaBaton Rouge2,630$43,580 2.8
LouisianaHouma2,670$38,080 11.9
LouisianaLafayette1,040$38,280 3
LouisianaLake Charles680$46,850 3.3
LouisianaMonroe310$35,0601.7
LouisianaNew Orleans3,760$39,900 2.9
LouisianaShreveport720$37,8201.7
MaineLewiston70$30,7400.6
MainePortland160$38,3900.3
MarylandBaltimore1,530$37,8600.5
MarylandBethesda400$40,1500.3
MarylandCumberland40$36,8200.5
MarylandHagerstown250$33,6801.1
MassachusettsBarnstable Town40$36,5800.2
MassachusettsBoston1,070$44,7800.2
MassachusettsBrockton250$41,5901.2
MassachusettsFramingham80$43,6000.2
MassachusettsHaverhill170$38,7100.9
MassachusettsLawrence50$38,7400.4
MassachusettsLeominster70$41,9400.6
MassachusettsLowell160$40,7400.5
MassachusettsNew Bedford180$38,1501.2
MassachusettsSpringfield230$38,8800.3
MassachusettsTaunton70$41,4600.7
MassachusettsWorcester420$38,3200.7
MichiganAnn Arbor120 0.3
MichiganBay City50$45,2700.7
MichiganDetroit1,460$39,8400.8
MichiganFlint260$33,8100.8
MichiganGrand Rapids760$35,5600.8
MichiganHolland410$33,8201.7
MichiganJackson120$34,7401
MichiganKalamazoo260$33,5100.8
MichiganLansing580$33,4601.2
MichiganMonroe210$40,500 2.4
MichiganMuskegon370$35,520 2.7
MichiganNiles210$37,4201.5
MichiganSaginaw150$31,4100.8
MichiganWarren2,600$45,8900.9
MinnesotaDuluth420$36,9301.4
MinnesotaMinneapolis4,760$40,4901
MinnesotaRochester460$39,120 2.1
MinnesotaSt Cloud410$38,0501.7
MississippiGulfport370$33,6601.4
MississippiHattiesburg120$31,2300.9
MississippiJackson510$32,8300.8
MissouriColumbia60$33,4500.3
MissouriJefferson City110$31,1400.7
MissouriJoplin390$25,230 2.1
MissouriKansas City2,740$36,0601
MissouriSpringfield1,510$32,730 3.1
MissouriSt Louis2,710$34,8400.8
MontanaBillings300$34,3001.6
MontanaGreat Falls60$31,6500.8
MontanaMissoula80$34,3000.7
NebraskaLincoln710$34,2901.8
NebraskaOmaha1,250$31,6901.1
NevadaCarson City70$36,1601.2
NevadaLas Vegas1,090$41,9100.5
NevadaReno530$36,4101
New HampshireManchester60$35,4900.2
New HampshireNashua230$41,2900.7
New HampshirePortsmouth200$45,4001.6
New HampshireRochester100$45,9900.8
New JerseyCamden530$41,0300.4
New JerseyEdison960$36,8900.4
New JerseyNewark1,030$38,3400.4
New JerseyTrenton270$37,1300.5
New MexicoAlbuquerque610$33,0700.6
New MexicoFarmington590$47,110 5
New MexicoLas Cruces170$35,1101.2
New YorkAlbany460$48,8000.4
New YorkBinghamton190$26,3500.7
New YorkBuffalo1,710$40,0201.2
New YorkElmira120$35,9401.6
New YorkNassau1,270$34,1200.4
New YorkNew York2,800$40,1200.2
New YorkPoughkeepsie230$38,9000.4
New YorkRochester690$35,0000.5
New YorkSyracuse630$35,0700.8
New YorkUtica150$35,7000.5
North CarolinaAsheville320$31,8600.7
North CarolinaBurlington40$31,5600.3
North CarolinaCharlotte1,650$34,9200.7
North CarolinaDurham210$36,5700.3
North CarolinaFayetteville110$39,3200.4
North CarolinaGoldsboro100$28,6101.2
North CarolinaGreensboro940$36,6301
North CarolinaGreenville100$33,5000.6
North CarolinaHickory390$29,1801
North CarolinaJacksonville50$33,1800.6
North CarolinaRaleigh890$33,4400.7
North CarolinaRocky Mount180$29,1701.4
North CarolinaWilmington200$35,1600.6
North CarolinaWinston Salem750$37,9801.4
North DakotaBismarck60$30,8300.5
North DakotaFargo850$34,300 3.1
North DakotaGrand Forks140$31,4201.3
OhioAkron1,180$38,4301.4
OhioCanton1,020$32,940 2.4
OhioCincinnati2,470$36,0300.9
OhioCleveland2,530$35,2100.9
OhioColumbus1,730$32,4500.7
OhioDayton670$35,6400.7
OhioLima90$32,7900.8
OhioMansfield200$33,3501.7
OhioSandusky50$38,3800.7
OhioSpringfield150$29,9801.4
OhioToledo660$37,0500.8
OhioYoungstown860$32,6501.5
OklahomaLawton80$28,2801
OklahomaOklahoma City3,410$31,530 2.4
OklahomaTulsa3,920$33,980 3.5
OregonBend100$32,3900.6
OregonCorvallis50$36,5000.8
OregonEugene600$31,5901.6
OregonMedford240$31,0401.2
OregonPortland3,960$37,5001.5
OregonSalem350$30,9601
PennsylvaniaAllentown920$35,3501.1
PennsylvaniaAltoona90$35,2100.7
PennsylvaniaErie740$28,830 2.4
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg340$36,6600.4
PennsylvaniaJohnstown250$30,6802
PennsylvaniaLancaster880$35,1301.5
PennsylvaniaLebanon180$32,7001.8
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia2,780$40,3700.6
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh2,950$33,7201
PennsylvaniaReading610$33,8801.5
PennsylvaniaScranton600$32,5200.9
PennsylvaniaState College120$31,4800.9
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport180$30,9301.6
PennsylvaniaYork1,050$37,580 2.4
Rhode IslandProvidence1,520$37,9501.1
South CarolinaAnderson310$30,440 2.3
South CarolinaCharleston820$33,7501.1
South CarolinaColumbia1,240$34,1101.4
South CarolinaFlorence540$30,500 2.8
South CarolinaGreenville1,080$33,9301.4
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach70$37,4200.2
South CarolinaSpartanburg710$35,260 2.4
South CarolinaSumter180$25,850 2.4
South DakotaRapid City170$31,2101.2
South DakotaSioux Falls410$30,6301.2
TennesseeChattanooga1,220$36,520 2.1
TennesseeClarksville400$34,410 2.3
TennesseeCleveland50$30,9700.7
TennesseeJackson140$31,4201.1
TennesseeJohnson City270$27,3201.6
TennesseeKingsport420$29,0301.5
TennesseeKnoxville1,180$33,1501.4
TennesseeMemphis1,000$33,9600.6
TennesseeMorristown340$34,710 3.3
TennesseeNashville2,300$32,2601.2
TexasAbilene440$33,160 3.1
TexasAmarillo270$30,7901.1
TexasAustin1,030$35,9100.5
TexasBeaumont2,370$39,350 6.2
TexasBrownsville970$23,250 3.3
TexasCollege Station250$32,3701.4
TexasCorpus Christi1,530$36,580 3.5
TexasDallas5,740$33,6001.1
TexasEl Paso520$26,1700.8
TexasFort Worth4,200$34,5201.9
TexasHouston19,040$37,510 2.9
TexasKilleen500$31,4601.7
TexasLaredo60$24,7900.3
TexasLongview1,280$37,620 5.8
TexasLubbock340$26,8501.2
TexasMcallen740$26,2701.4
TexasMidland740$37,260 4.9
TexasOdessa1,010$39,110 8
TexasSan Angelo180$27,350 2
TexasSan Antonio1,760$27,9700.8
TexasSherman210$30,410 2.5
TexasTexarkana310  2.5
TexasTyler900$35,540 4.2
TexasVictoria280$37,400 2.7
TexasWaco470$30,690 2.1
TexasWichita Falls400$30,170 3.1
UtahLogan160$31,2401.6
UtahOgden1,190$36,430 2.4
UtahProvo520$33,9401.3
UtahSalt Lake City1,990$35,4401.2
VermontBurlington110$38,8000.4
VirginiaBlacksburg100$33,9600.7
VirginiaCharlottesville70$34,5800.3
VirginiaDanville60$34,4300.8
VirginiaHarrisonburg240$34,8402
VirginiaLynchburg620$35,440 2.6
VirginiaRichmond850$36,7500.6
VirginiaRoanoke390$30,4801
VirginiaVirginia Beach2,660$40,4901.4
VirginiaWinchester60$35,2800.5
WashingtonBellingham510$39,120 2.8
WashingtonBremerton600$49,170 3.1
WashingtonKennewick120$39,2100.6
WashingtonLongview120$36,0401.7
WashingtonMount Vernon180$40,4801.8
WashingtonOlympia70$35,4200.3
WashingtonSeattle2,560$44,1700.7
WashingtonSpokane550$34,8901.1
WashingtonTacoma820$40,6901.2
WashingtonWenatchee70$31,0900.8
WashingtonYakima210$33,9101.1
West VirginiaCharleston600$42,8301.7
West VirginiaHuntington690$34,540 2.5
West VirginiaMorgantown120$29,1601.2
West VirginiaParkersburg220$31,7901.4
West VirginiaWeirton110 1.2
West VirginiaWheeling170$39,5801.2
WisconsinAppleton500$36,5901.8
WisconsinEau Claire450$34,940 2.5
WisconsinFond190$40,5002
WisconsinGreen Bay700$35,4901.7
WisconsinJanesville320$34,120 2.2
WisconsinMadison820$36,3401
WisconsinMilwaukee3,690$35,4701.7
WisconsinOshkosh1,180$45,140 6
WisconsinRacine380$32,450 2.1
WisconsinSheboygan150$34,1301.2
WisconsinWausau710$34,550 4.6
WyomingCasper640$40,370 7.8
WyomingCheyenne120$37,0001.3
 

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