Welding Machine Worker Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

About 53,000 welding machine workers are working in the US. Unemployment for workers ranks high among occupations in the US. In 2008, 7% of employees were not able to find jobs.

Area Job Conditions

Popular cities for welding machine workers include Oshkosh (Wisconsin), Monroe (Michigan), and Springfield (Ohio), and the least popular are Washington (District of Columbia), Las Vegas (Nevada), and Austin (Texas).

Workers looking for high paying jobs should consider Monroe (Michigan), Albany (New York), and Virginia Beach (Virginia), and avoid Gadsden (Alabama), Houma (Louisiana), and Johnson City (Tennessee).

Training and Education

Employees often get a postsecondary vocational award before beginning their career. About 2% of welding machine workers have four year degrees. Workers that went to college (but did not get a bachelor's degree) are about 25% of the total. Some employees, about 73%, did not pursue education beyond high-school. 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.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Part-time welding machine workers are 2% of the total. Among workers, about 7% are self-employed.

Welding Machine Workers Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of welding machine workers compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for welding machine workers.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Mobile	$40,000	170
Birmingham	$31,000	170
Gadsden	$21,000	80

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$40,000	200

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$31,000	110
Fayetteville	$25,000	100

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Riverside	$31,000	410
Santa Ana	$29,000	400
Oakland	$33,000	130
San Diego	$30,000	120
Sacramento	$33,000	110
San Jose	$36,000	80
Stockton	$31,000	30
Oxnard	$29,000	30

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$39,000	170

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Hartford	$35,000	170
New Haven	$38,000	80
Norwich		40
Bridgeport	$35,000	30

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$36,000	30

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$42,000	120

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Tampa	$32,000	210
Miami	$35,000	80
Fort Lauderdale	$31,000	50
Lakeland	$34,000	40
Sarasota	$27,000	40

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Atlanta	$30,000	620
Savannah		140
Augusta	$27,000	100
Gainesville	$37,000	40

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Chicago	$34,000	880
Rockford		250
Peoria	$35,000	50

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Indianapolis	$34,000	890
Elkhart	$29,000	180
Gary	$30,000	160
Michigan City	$29,000	90
South Bend	$31,000	70
Columbus	$32,000	50
Evansville	$41,000	40

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Davenport	$32,000	490
Waterloo	$36,000	100
Sioux City	$33,000	90
Cedar Rapids	$32,000	40

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$42,000	240

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$30,000	310

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Houma	$21,000	100
Shreveport	$28,000	90
New Orleans	$37,000	60

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$36,000	280

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Boston	$34,000	190
Haverhill	$35,000	100
Worcester	$30,000	100
Springfield	$38,000	60
Lowell	$34,000	40

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Warren	$38,000	980
Grand Rapids	$38,000	720
Lansing	$34,000	160
Muskegon	$35,000	150
Monroe	$61,000	140
Kalamazoo	$35,000	70
Saginaw	$31,000	30

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Minneapolis	$40,000	290
St Cloud	$33,000	60
Rochester	$35,000	40

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers
St Louis	$33,000	400
Springfield	$30,000	160
Kansas City	$31,000	160
Joplin	$28,000	150

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$31,000	50

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Reno	$31,000	40
Las Vegas	$30,000	40

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashua	$29,000	140
Manchester	$32,000	40

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Newark	$31,000	120
Camden	$33,000	100
Edison	$35,000	100

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Farmington	$22,000	50

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers
New York	$33,000	290
Albany	$53,000	200
Rochester	$30,000	160
Nassau	$31,000	150
Syracuse	$32,000	60

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Charlotte	$31,000	340
Hickory	$32,000	140
Greensboro	$33,000	90
Asheville	$38,000	80

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$39,000	50

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Cleveland	$34,000	1,620
Cincinnati	$33,000	980
Columbus	$33,000	660
Dayton	$34,000	500
Akron	$34,000	310
Canton	$29,000	310
Toledo	$39,000	290
Youngstown	$31,000	200
Springfield	$32,000	130
Sandusky	$42,000	40

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tulsa	$35,000	300
Oklahoma City	$30,000	250

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$37,000	250

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Pittsburgh	$33,000	260
York	$43,000	210
Philadelphia	$30,000	180
Lancaster	$36,000	130
Reading	$35,000	40
Allentown	$39,000	40
Erie	$32,000	40
Harrisburg	$31,000	30

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$28,000	170

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Greenville	$36,000	350
Charleston	$31,000	70
Columbia	$33,000	70
Anderson	$27,000	60
Florence	$31,000	30

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$29,000	70

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Nashville	$28,000	440
Chattanooga	$36,000	160
Clarksville	$37,000	130
Kingsport	$29,000	110
Johnson City	$21,000	50

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Houston	$30,000	1,250
Dallas	$25,000	390
Fort Worth	$26,000	220
Brownsville	$33,000	160
San Antonio	$26,000	80
Austin	$34,000	30

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Ogden	$27,000	140
Salt Lake City	$31,000	130
Logan	$31,000	70

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$42,000	550
Roanoke	$31,000	250

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Spokane	$39,000	130
Seattle	$41,000	100
Yakima	$28,000	40

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wheeling	$26,000	30

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Milwaukee	$34,000	410
Oshkosh	$34,000	360
Madison	$34,000	220
Appleton	$37,000	50
Green Bay	$34,000	40

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