The annual salary statistics of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford 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 | $34,300 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $41,910 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $51,530 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $56,610 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $59,660 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $59,660. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $51,530. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,300.
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $51,530, Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford is the highest paying city for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of Virginia, followed by Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News (median annual salary $46,030). In comparison, the median annual salary of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford is 10.7 percent (10.7%) higher than that in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford | |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News | |
| Richmond | |
| Lynchburg | |
| Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area | |
| Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area | |
| Roanoke | |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol | |
| Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area |