Pipe Welder Salary (BLS 2025)
BLS OEWS May 2025 (released May 15, 2026) · Broader BLS occupation: SOC 51-4121 Welders, Cutters, Solderers & Brazers
National median
$53,750
$25.84/hr
10th percentile
$39,240
90th percentile
$77,530
Mean (average)
$56,760
BLS has no pipe-welder wage; this is all welders, cutters, solderers and brazers (SOC 51-4121).
Annual figures are BLS hourly wages × 2,080 hours; they cover wage-and-salary workers only and leave out overtime, shift differentials and sign-on or holiday bonuses.
Percentiles
How pay spreads across Welders
| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $39,240 | $18.87 |
| 25th | $46,790 | $22.50 |
| 50th (median) | $53,750 | $25.84 |
| 75th | $63,010 | $30.29 |
| 90th | $77,530 | $37.27 |
SOC 51-4121 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers: 416,210 wage-and-salary jobs.
BLS Employment Projections 2025–35 (released Aug 27, 2026): employment projected to change 2.4% from 2025 to 2035 (all-occupation average 3.5%), about 40,300 openings a year.