The annual salary statistics of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Longview, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Longview 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 | $21,690 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $24,260 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,340 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $36,900 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $51,760 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Longview, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $51,760. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,340. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,690.
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 2016.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $29,340 | -8.90% | 2.42% |
| 2015 | $31,950 | 13.99% | - |
| 2014 | $27,480 | -5.64% | - |
| 2013 | $29,030 | 1.38% | - |
| 2012 | $28,630 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $29,340, Longview is the lowest paying city for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of Texas, following city of Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown (median annual salary of $56,290). Compared with the highest paying city Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, the median annual salary of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Longview is 47.9 percent (47.9%) lower.