Navigating the Guide
Skip to Content |
Visit Sponsors
How to Job Search
Before You Search
Handling a Job Loss
Career Research Center
Sites with Job Listings
Resumes & Cover Letters
Research & Target Employers
Network, Interview, & Negotiate
Salary Guides
Info for Recruiters & Employers
What's New
A-Z Index
About Us
Get Listed
Sitemap
Contact Us
Riley Guide Home
Find us on Facebook!
Become a fan to receive daily alerts and updates!
Follow us on Twitter!
Search jobs in healthcare and other job search engines at JustJobs.com
Jump to the Site Navigation Links
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 .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 530 $39,590 5Alabama Auburn 110 $25,620 1.1 Alabama Birmingham 2,110 $33,500 1.6 Alabama Decatur 490 $31,630 4Alabama Dothan 240 $25,870 1.8 Alabama Florence 150 $26,930 1.3 Alabama Gadsden 110 $25,740 1.5 Alabama Huntsville 270 $31,520 0.5 Alabama Mobile 1,500 $33,420 3.3Alabama Montgomery 670 $31,460 1.6 Alabama Tuscaloosa 200 $44,580 0.9 Alaska Anchorage 270 $53,930 0.7 Alaska Fairbanks 130 $52,890 1.9 Arizona Flagstaff 40 $33,860 0.3 Arizona Kingman 110 $33,340 1 Arizona Phoenix 4,060 $33,040 0.8 Arizona Prescott 80 $34,500 0.6 Arizona Tucson 620 $32,640 0.7 Arizona Yuma 90 $33,990 0.7 Arkansas Fayetteville 570 $30,220 1.2 Arkansas Fort Smith 740 $30,380 2.6Arkansas Hot Springs 70 $29,750 0.9 Arkansas Jonesboro 340 $29,190 3.1Arkansas Little Rock 780 $32,790 0.9 Arkansas Pine Bluff 130 $30,120 1.8 California Bakersfield 1,010 $51,640 1.5 California Chico 140 $34,980 0.9 California El Centro 100 $33,480 0.9 California Fresno 750 $30,690 0.9 California Hanford 80 $28,290 1.3 California Madera 140 $33,900 1.8 California Merced 170 $34,940 1.3 California Modesto 570 $37,800 1.4 California Napa 140 $36,630 1 California Oakland 2,160 $41,300 0.8 California Oxnard 650 $34,820 0.9 California Redding 80 $34,850 0.5 California Riverside 3,370 $31,740 1 California Sacramento 1,030 $37,120 0.5 California Salinas 100 $45,300 0.3 California San Diego 2,290 $39,330 0.7 California San Francisco 440 $43,030 0.2 California San Jose 1,190 $40,360 0.5 California San Luis Obispo 220 $41,610 0.9 California Santa Ana 3,140 $34,650 0.8 California Santa Barbara 250 $35,310 0.6 California Santa Cruz 70 $40,150 0.3 California Santa Rosa 340 $39,460 0.7 California Stockton 950 $33,260 1.8 California Vallejo 220 $39,860 0.7 California Visalia 270 $28,600 0.8 California Yuba City 70 $34,760 0.8 Colorado Boulder 160 $39,880 0.4 Colorado Colorado Springs 330 $32,980 0.5 Colorado Denver 1,470 $37,180 0.5 Colorado Fort Collins 260 $35,410 0.9 Colorado Grand Junction 320 $39,140 2.5Colorado Greeley 490 $36,820 2.8Colorado Pueblo 210 $32,010 1.7 Connecticut Bridgeport 260 $39,380 0.2 Connecticut Danbury 120 $37,210 0.7 Connecticut Hartford 850 $40,840 0.6 Connecticut New Haven 320 $39,430 0.5 Connecticut Norwich 240 $40,000 0.8 Connecticut Waterbury 70 $34,540 0.4 Delaware Dover 70 $36,950 0.6 Delaware Wilmington 480 $44,170 0.6 District of Columbia Washington 1,600 $44,300 0.3 Florida Deltona 200 $30,940 0.5 Florida Fort Lauderdale 900 $35,620 0.5 Florida Gainesville 140 $26,150 0.5 Florida Jacksonville 1,470 $35,150 1 Florida Lakeland 1,030 $34,180 2.1Florida Miami 1,690 $34,790 0.7 Florida Naples 80 $35,270 0.3 Florida Ocala 290 $32,190 1.3 Florida Orlando 2,160 $36,280 0.8 Florida Palm Bay 380 $36,930 0.8 Florida Panama City 260 $34,990 1.6 Florida Pensacola 170 $31,580 0.5 Florida Port St Lucie 140 $36,360 0.5 Florida Sarasota 580 $28,080 0.9 Florida Sebastian 60 $35,310 0.6 Florida Tampa 1,970 $32,350 0.6 Florida West Palm Beach 410 $43,630 0.3 Georgia Albany 130 $33,250 0.9 Georgia Athens 240 $30,350 1.4 Georgia Atlanta 5,150 $32,180 0.8 Georgia Augusta 490 $34,490 1 Georgia Brunswick 80 $36,220 0.9 Georgia Dalton 230 $24,570 1.3 Georgia Gainesville 920 $31,850 5.7Georgia Macon 190 $30,890 0.8 Georgia Rome 310 $28,710 3.9Georgia Savannah 310 $38,800 0.8 Georgia Valdosta 210 $32,180 1.7 Hawaii Honolulu 590 $51,600 0.5 Idaho Boise 1,270 $30,190 1.9 Idaho Coeur Dalene 110 $32,360 0.9 Idaho Idaho Falls 120 $29,940 1.1 Idaho Lewiston 90 $37,660 1.9 Illinois Champaign 180 $35,910 0.8 Illinois Chicago 7,360 $35,580 0.7 Illinois Decatur 90 $39,590 0.9 Illinois Kankakee 90 $27,740 1.1 Illinois Peoria 3,080 $33,020 7.4Illinois Rockford 590 $36,980 1.6 Illinois Springfield 40 $40,970 0.2 Indiana Anderson 120 $31,620 1.4 Indiana Elkhart 1,570 $34,250 5Indiana Evansville 500 $30,950 1.2 Indiana Fort Wayne 850 $31,770 1.6 Indiana Gary 1,540 $39,380 2.2Indiana Indianapolis 1,580 $35,430 0.7 Indiana Kokomo 90 $47,870 1.2 Indiana Michigan City 90 $34,130 1 Indiana Muncie 110 $27,570 1.1 Indiana South Bend 400 $33,190 1.2 Indiana Terre Haute 260 $33,980 1.6 Iowa Ames 110 $30,800 1.3 Iowa Cedar Rapids 410 $32,220 1.3 Iowa Davenport 850 $39,340 1.9 Iowa Des Moines 830 $34,570 1 Iowa Dubuque 180 $34,600 1.6 Iowa Iowa City 90 $31,120 0.5 Iowa Sioux City 260 $31,090 1.6 Iowa Waterloo 760 $33,350 3.8Kansas Topeka 230 $27,970 0.9 Kansas Wichita 1,410 $35,000 1.8 Kentucky Bowling Green 70 $28,610 0.5 Kentucky Elizabethtown 160 $38,250 1.7 Kentucky Lexington 670 $33,580 1.1 Kentucky Louisville 2,810 $34,520 1.8 Kentucky Owensboro 550 $32,590 5.1Louisiana Alexandria 100 $39,120 0.7 Louisiana Baton Rouge 2,630 $43,580 2.8Louisiana Houma 2,670 $38,080 11.9Louisiana Lafayette 1,040 $38,280 3Louisiana Lake Charles 680 $46,850 3.3Louisiana Monroe 310 $35,060 1.7 Louisiana New Orleans 3,760 $39,900 2.9Louisiana Shreveport 720 $37,820 1.7 Maine Lewiston 70 $30,740 0.6 Maine Portland 160 $38,390 0.3 Maryland Baltimore 1,530 $37,860 0.5 Maryland Bethesda 400 $40,150 0.3 Maryland Cumberland 40 $36,820 0.5 Maryland Hagerstown 250 $33,680 1.1 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 40 $36,580 0.2 Massachusetts Boston 1,070 $44,780 0.2 Massachusetts Brockton 250 $41,590 1.2 Massachusetts Framingham 80 $43,600 0.2 Massachusetts Haverhill 170 $38,710 0.9 Massachusetts Lawrence 50 $38,740 0.4 Massachusetts Leominster 70 $41,940 0.6 Massachusetts Lowell 160 $40,740 0.5 Massachusetts New Bedford 180 $38,150 1.2 Massachusetts Springfield 230 $38,880 0.3 Massachusetts Taunton 70 $41,460 0.7 Massachusetts Worcester 420 $38,320 0.7 Michigan Ann Arbor 120 0.3 Michigan Bay City 50 $45,270 0.7 Michigan Detroit 1,460 $39,840 0.8 Michigan Flint 260 $33,810 0.8 Michigan Grand Rapids 760 $35,560 0.8 Michigan Holland 410 $33,820 1.7 Michigan Jackson 120 $34,740 1 Michigan Kalamazoo 260 $33,510 0.8 Michigan Lansing 580 $33,460 1.2 Michigan Monroe 210 $40,500 2.4Michigan Muskegon 370 $35,520 2.7Michigan Niles 210 $37,420 1.5 Michigan Saginaw 150 $31,410 0.8 Michigan Warren 2,600 $45,890 0.9 Minnesota Duluth 420 $36,930 1.4 Minnesota Minneapolis 4,760 $40,490 1 Minnesota Rochester 460 $39,120 2.1Minnesota St Cloud 410 $38,050 1.7 Mississippi Gulfport 370 $33,660 1.4 Mississippi Hattiesburg 120 $31,230 0.9 Mississippi Jackson 510 $32,830 0.8 Missouri Columbia 60 $33,450 0.3 Missouri Jefferson City 110 $31,140 0.7 Missouri Joplin 390 $25,230 2.1Missouri Kansas City 2,740 $36,060 1 Missouri Springfield 1,510 $32,730 3.1Missouri St Louis 2,710 $34,840 0.8 Montana Billings 300 $34,300 1.6 Montana Great Falls 60 $31,650 0.8 Montana Missoula 80 $34,300 0.7 Nebraska Lincoln 710 $34,290 1.8 Nebraska Omaha 1,250 $31,690 1.1 Nevada Carson City 70 $36,160 1.2 Nevada Las Vegas 1,090 $41,910 0.5 Nevada Reno 530 $36,410 1 New Hampshire Manchester 60 $35,490 0.2 New Hampshire Nashua 230 $41,290 0.7 New Hampshire Portsmouth 200 $45,400 1.6 New Hampshire Rochester 100 $45,990 0.8 New Jersey Camden 530 $41,030 0.4 New Jersey Edison 960 $36,890 0.4 New Jersey Newark 1,030 $38,340 0.4 New Jersey Trenton 270 $37,130 0.5 New Mexico Albuquerque 610 $33,070 0.6 New Mexico Farmington 590 $47,110 5New Mexico Las Cruces 170 $35,110 1.2 New York Albany 460 $48,800 0.4 New York Binghamton 190 $26,350 0.7 New York Buffalo 1,710 $40,020 1.2 New York Elmira 120 $35,940 1.6 New York Nassau 1,270 $34,120 0.4 New York New York 2,800 $40,120 0.2 New York Poughkeepsie 230 $38,900 0.4 New York Rochester 690 $35,000 0.5 New York Syracuse 630 $35,070 0.8 New York Utica 150 $35,700 0.5 North Carolina Asheville 320 $31,860 0.7 North Carolina Burlington 40 $31,560 0.3 North Carolina Charlotte 1,650 $34,920 0.7 North Carolina Durham 210 $36,570 0.3 North Carolina Fayetteville 110 $39,320 0.4 North Carolina Goldsboro 100 $28,610 1.2 North Carolina Greensboro 940 $36,630 1 North Carolina Greenville 100 $33,500 0.6 North Carolina Hickory 390 $29,180 1 North Carolina Jacksonville 50 $33,180 0.6 North Carolina Raleigh 890 $33,440 0.7 North Carolina Rocky Mount 180 $29,170 1.4 North Carolina Wilmington 200 $35,160 0.6 North Carolina Winston Salem 750 $37,980 1.4 North Dakota Bismarck 60 $30,830 0.5 North Dakota Fargo 850 $34,300 3.1North Dakota Grand Forks 140 $31,420 1.3 Ohio Akron 1,180 $38,430 1.4 Ohio Canton 1,020 $32,940 2.4Ohio Cincinnati 2,470 $36,030 0.9 Ohio Cleveland 2,530 $35,210 0.9 Ohio Columbus 1,730 $32,450 0.7 Ohio Dayton 670 $35,640 0.7 Ohio Lima 90 $32,790 0.8 Ohio Mansfield 200 $33,350 1.7 Ohio Sandusky 50 $38,380 0.7 Ohio Springfield 150 $29,980 1.4 Ohio Toledo 660 $37,050 0.8 Ohio Youngstown 860 $32,650 1.5 Oklahoma Lawton 80 $28,280 1 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 3,410 $31,530 2.4Oklahoma Tulsa 3,920 $33,980 3.5Oregon Bend 100 $32,390 0.6 Oregon Corvallis 50 $36,500 0.8 Oregon Eugene 600 $31,590 1.6 Oregon Medford 240 $31,040 1.2 Oregon Portland 3,960 $37,500 1.5 Oregon Salem 350 $30,960 1 Pennsylvania Allentown 920 $35,350 1.1 Pennsylvania Altoona 90 $35,210 0.7 Pennsylvania Erie 740 $28,830 2.4Pennsylvania Harrisburg 340 $36,660 0.4 Pennsylvania Johnstown 250 $30,680 2 Pennsylvania Lancaster 880 $35,130 1.5 Pennsylvania Lebanon 180 $32,700 1.8 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2,780 $40,370 0.6 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 2,950 $33,720 1 Pennsylvania Reading 610 $33,880 1.5 Pennsylvania Scranton 600 $32,520 0.9 Pennsylvania State College 120 $31,480 0.9 Pennsylvania Williamsport 180 $30,930 1.6 Pennsylvania York 1,050 $37,580 2.4Rhode Island Providence 1,520 $37,950 1.1 South Carolina Anderson 310 $30,440 2.3South Carolina Charleston 820 $33,750 1.1 South Carolina Columbia 1,240 $34,110 1.4 South Carolina Florence 540 $30,500 2.8South Carolina Greenville 1,080 $33,930 1.4 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 70 $37,420 0.2 South Carolina Spartanburg 710 $35,260 2.4South Carolina Sumter 180 $25,850 2.4South Dakota Rapid City 170 $31,210 1.2 South Dakota Sioux Falls 410 $30,630 1.2 Tennessee Chattanooga 1,220 $36,520 2.1Tennessee Clarksville 400 $34,410 2.3Tennessee Cleveland 50 $30,970 0.7 Tennessee Jackson 140 $31,420 1.1 Tennessee Johnson City 270 $27,320 1.6 Tennessee Kingsport 420 $29,030 1.5 Tennessee Knoxville 1,180 $33,150 1.4 Tennessee Memphis 1,000 $33,960 0.6 Tennessee Morristown 340 $34,710 3.3Tennessee Nashville 2,300 $32,260 1.2 Texas Abilene 440 $33,160 3.1Texas Amarillo 270 $30,790 1.1 Texas Austin 1,030 $35,910 0.5 Texas Beaumont 2,370 $39,350 6.2Texas Brownsville 970 $23,250 3.3Texas College Station 250 $32,370 1.4 Texas Corpus Christi 1,530 $36,580 3.5Texas Dallas 5,740 $33,600 1.1 Texas El Paso 520 $26,170 0.8 Texas Fort Worth 4,200 $34,520 1.9 Texas Houston 19,040 $37,510 2.9Texas Killeen 500 $31,460 1.7 Texas Laredo 60 $24,790 0.3 Texas Longview 1,280 $37,620 5.8Texas Lubbock 340 $26,850 1.2 Texas Mcallen 740 $26,270 1.4 Texas Midland 740 $37,260 4.9Texas Odessa 1,010 $39,110 8Texas San Angelo 180 $27,350 2Texas San Antonio 1,760 $27,970 0.8 Texas Sherman 210 $30,410 2.5Texas Texarkana 310 2.5Texas Tyler 900 $35,540 4.2Texas Victoria 280 $37,400 2.7Texas Waco 470 $30,690 2.1Texas Wichita Falls 400 $30,170 3.1Utah Logan 160 $31,240 1.6 Utah Ogden 1,190 $36,430 2.4Utah Provo 520 $33,940 1.3 Utah Salt Lake City 1,990 $35,440 1.2 Vermont Burlington 110 $38,800 0.4 Virginia Blacksburg 100 $33,960 0.7 Virginia Charlottesville 70 $34,580 0.3 Virginia Danville 60 $34,430 0.8 Virginia Harrisonburg 240 $34,840 2 Virginia Lynchburg 620 $35,440 2.6Virginia Richmond 850 $36,750 0.6 Virginia Roanoke 390 $30,480 1 Virginia Virginia Beach 2,660 $40,490 1.4 Virginia Winchester 60 $35,280 0.5 Washington Bellingham 510 $39,120 2.8Washington Bremerton 600 $49,170 3.1Washington Kennewick 120 $39,210 0.6 Washington Longview 120 $36,040 1.7 Washington Mount Vernon 180 $40,480 1.8 Washington Olympia 70 $35,420 0.3 Washington Seattle 2,560 $44,170 0.7 Washington Spokane 550 $34,890 1.1 Washington Tacoma 820 $40,690 1.2 Washington Wenatchee 70 $31,090 0.8 Washington Yakima 210 $33,910 1.1 West Virginia Charleston 600 $42,830 1.7 West Virginia Huntington 690 $34,540 2.5West Virginia Morgantown 120 $29,160 1.2 West Virginia Parkersburg 220 $31,790 1.4 West Virginia Weirton 110 1.2 West Virginia Wheeling 170 $39,580 1.2 Wisconsin Appleton 500 $36,590 1.8 Wisconsin Eau Claire 450 $34,940 2.5Wisconsin Fond 190 $40,500 2 Wisconsin Green Bay 700 $35,490 1.7 Wisconsin Janesville 320 $34,120 2.2Wisconsin Madison 820 $36,340 1 Wisconsin Milwaukee 3,690 $35,470 1.7 Wisconsin Oshkosh 1,180 $45,140 6Wisconsin Racine 380 $32,450 2.1Wisconsin Sheboygan 150 $34,130 1.2 Wisconsin Wausau 710 $34,550 4.6Wyoming Casper 640 $40,370 7.8Wyoming Cheyenne 120 $37,000 1.3
This Google Custom Search will search this site plus select others that we feel will be helpful to you in your search for job and career information.
Top of Page
Return to the Navigation Links
Start Your Search for Training
Recommended Schools for Welding And Brazing Workers
Known schools with online forms to request info on becoming Welding And Brazing Workers. For info from a school, click the school name.
Arizona
Connecticut
Florida
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Sponsored Links
Visit today to
- Search for Jobs
- Post Your Resume
- Visit JobsRated.com
Employers: Post Your Job today to our exclusive network of 500+ local and niche sites