Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California

The annual salary statistics of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine 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 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$21,750
25th Percentile Wage
$25,420
50th Percentile Wage
$32,530
75th Percentile Wage
$45,520
90th Percentile Wage
$60,130

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $60,130. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $32,530. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,750.

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 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$32,530
-1.29% 3.01%
2013
$32,950
4.25% -
2012
$31,550
- -

Table 2. Compare Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $32,530 in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine 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 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine is 43.6 percent (43.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville and 10.8 percent (10.8%) 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