The annual salary statistics of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage information of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Augusta-Richmond County is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $29,180 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,420 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $30,420 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $38,480 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $47,150 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $47,150. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,420. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,180.
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 2021.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $30,420 | -25.21% | -3.91% |
| 2020 | $38,090 | 12.31% | - |
| 2019 | $33,400 | 5.87% | - |
| 2018 | $31,440 | -14.12% | - |
| 2013 | $35,880 | 11.90% | - |
| 2012 | $31,610 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $30,420, Augusta-Richmond County is the lowest paying city for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of South Carolina, following city of Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville (median annual salary of $47,410). Compared with the highest paying city Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, the median annual salary of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Augusta-Richmond County is 35.8 percent (35.8%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville | |
| Spartanburg | |
| Anderson | |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill | |
| Florence | |
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley | |
| Columbia | |
| Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| Augusta-Richmond County |