Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas

The annual salary statistics of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$36,580
25th Percentile Wage
$37,670
50th Percentile Wage
$46,400
75th Percentile Wage
$58,880
90th Percentile Wage
$60,610

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $60,610. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $46,400. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,580.

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 2021.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth9-Year Growth
2021
$46,400
20.43% 33.71%
2020
$36,920
4.23% -
2019
$35,360
2.40% -
2015
$34,510
10.87% -
2012
$30,760
- -

Table 2. Compare Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operator, and Tender Salary in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $46,400 in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is 17.6 percent (17.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and 36.8 percent (36.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Longview.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$56,290
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$51,390
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$48,540
Waco
$48,440
Odessa
$47,910
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$47,330
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$46,400
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$46,150
Midland
$44,400
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$43,140
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$42,210
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$42,180
Fort Worth-Arlington
$42,110
College Station-Bryan
$37,110
Lubbock
$36,360
Tyler
$33,200
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$31,240
Longview
$29,340

See also: Top paying jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas.