The annual salary statistics of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage data of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 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 | $36,530 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $43,210 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $48,590 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $53,630 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $65,520 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $65,520. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,590. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,530.
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 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $48,590 | 1.96% | 18.21% |
| 2021 | $47,640 | -6.02% | - |
| 2020 | $50,510 | 4.77% | - |
| 2019 | $48,100 | 16.63% | - |
| 2018 | $40,100 | -3.14% | - |
| 2017 | $41,360 | 13.78% | - |
| 2016 | $35,660 | -4.85% | - |
| 2015 | $37,390 | 1.58% | - |
| 2014 | $36,800 | -11.41% | - |
| 2013 | $41,000 | 3.07% | - |
| 2012 | $39,740 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $48,590, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro is the second highest paying city for welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in state of Washington, following the highest paying city Seattle-Bellevue-Everett (median annual salary of $53,190). Compared with Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, the median annual salary of welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro is 8.6 percent (8.6%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett | |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro | |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | |
| Spokane | |
| Tacoma | |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes |