The highest-paying states for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $78,670, West Virginia is the highest paying state for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders. It is followed by Kentucky (average annual salary $61,810). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | $78,670 |
$32,060 | 140 |
| 2 | Kentucky | $61,810 |
$36,570 | 2,290 |
| 3 | Alaska | $61,740 |
$48,510 | 110 |
| 4 | Hawaii | $56,450 |
$34,270 | 50 |
| 5 | Connecticut | $52,230 |
$35,650 | 220 |
| 6 | South Dakota | $51,170 |
$39,000 | 240 |
| 7 | Wyoming | $50,360 |
$33,990 | 80 |
| 8 | Texas | $49,920 |
$35,460 | 1,650 |
| 9 | Nevada | $49,330 |
$29,770 | 70 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | $48,750 |
$35,760 | 660 |
| 11 | Iowa | $48,220 |
$39,780 | 1,500 |
| 12 | Maryland | $48,090 |
$37,060 | 130 |
| 13 | Nebraska | $47,870 |
$37,640 | 760 |
| 14 | Colorado | $47,800 |
$35,310 | 150 |
| 15 | Washington | $47,740 |
$30,440 | 90 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | $47,680 |
$37,250 | 1,690 |
| 17 | Oregon | $47,320 |
$35,960 | 190 |
| 18 | California | $47,260 |
$34,160 | 3,010 |
| 19 | Maine | $46,860 |
$39,490 | 30 |
| 20 | Minnesota | $45,850 |
$30,390 | 410 |
| 21 | New Jersey | $45,600 |
$35,650 | 290 |
| 22 | Ohio | $45,460 |
$34,280 | 1,810 |
| 23 | Arizona | $44,930 |
$28,730 | 450 |
| 24 | Kansas | $44,820 |
$37,150 | 190 |
| 25 | Mississippi | $44,360 |
$29,080 | 760 |
| 26 | North Dakota | $43,950 |
$34,900 | 30 |
| 27 | Vermont | $43,700 |
$30,740 | 80 |
| 28 | Pennsylvania | $43,320 |
$29,370 | 570 |
| 29 | Indiana | $43,000 |
$34,690 | 3,260 |
| 30 | Illinois | $42,310 |
$38,610 | 180 |
| 31 | Virginia | $41,200 |
$31,730 | 400 |
| 32 | Rhode Island | $41,190 |
$39,200 | 210 |
| 33 | New York | $41,110 |
$32,140 | 570 |
| 34 | North Carolina | $41,030 |
$32,450 | 480 |
| 35 | New Hampshire | $40,970 |
$31,800 | 260 |
| 36 | Idaho | $40,810 |
$29,510 | 60 |
| 37 | Michigan | $40,210 |
$30,530 | 2,090 |
| 38 | Louisiana | $40,210 |
$22,540 | 100 |
| 39 | Utah | $39,140 |
$34,830 | 220 |
| 40 | New Mexico | $38,820 |
$28,210 | 40 |
| 41 | South Carolina | $38,220 |
$33,850 | 230 |
| 42 | Arkansas | $38,130 |
$30,450 | 600 |
| 43 | Tennessee | $38,100 |
$30,450 | 2,020 |
| 44 | Georgia | $37,390 |
$30,000 | 860 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | $37,310 |
$31,930 | 240 |
| 46 | Missouri | $35,860 |
$31,200 | 440 |
| 47 | Alabama | $35,760 |
$27,780 | 690 |
| 48 | Florida | $34,190 |
$29,750 | 490 |
| 49 | Delaware | $34,100 |
$27,800 | 30 |
| 50 | Montana | $24,040 |
$22,660 | 70 |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | $22,330 |
$18,070 | 40 |