Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California

The annual salary statistics of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Oakland-Fremont-Hayward is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$27,910
25th Percentile Wage
$33,040
50th Percentile Wage
$37,490
75th Percentile Wage
$46,040
90th Percentile Wage
$58,240

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $58,240. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,490. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,910.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$37,490
-18.40% -4.48%
2016
$44,390
-0.90% -
2015
$44,790
1.07% -
2014
$44,310
9.14% -
2013
$40,260
2.71% -
2012
$39,170
- -

Table 2. Compare Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Oakland-Fremont-Hayward with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,490 in Oakland-Fremont-Hayward is in the middle of salary range for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Oakland-Fremont-Hayward is 35.0 percent (35.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville and 22.6 percent (22.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$57,720
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$55,000
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$54,390
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$54,090
Fresno
$51,590
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$47,230
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$46,670
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$45,860
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$45,710
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$45,140
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$44,780
Stockton
$43,110
Visalia-Porterville
$37,620
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$37,490
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$36,050
Vallejo-Fairfield
$35,720
Chico
$33,650
Bakersfield-Delano
$33,070
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$32,530
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$32,110
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$29,020