How much do welders make an hour in Daphne, AL?

The median hourly wage is $23.01. The middle half earn between $21.07 and $27.91 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Daphne, AL?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.41 an hour ($36,210 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.07.

Do welders make more in Daphne or Mobile?

Mobile pays more: the median is $47,860 in Daphne and $61,420 in Mobile, a 22% difference.

How does Daphne pay compare with the rest of Alabama?

The Daphne median of $47,860 is 1% less than the Alabama median of $48,490.

Welder salary in Daphne, AL

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley, AL area earn a median of $47,860 a year, or $23.01 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $74,450. Across all of Alabama, the median is $48,490, so Daphne pays 1% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$47,860

Bottom 10% under$36,210Top 10% over$74,450

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $17.41/hr
Jobs in this area: 210
After cost of living: $50,540
Median hourly pay: $23.01/hr
vs U.S. median: −11%
vs Alabama median: −1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 19300, Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL). Excludes self-employed welders. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Entry-level to top welder pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Entry level	$36,210–$43,830$17.41–$21.07/hr
Experienced welder	$47,860$23.01/hr
Top earners	$58,060–$74,450$27.91–$35.79/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Daphne, AL compares

Daphne ranks 7th of 13 Alabama metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Daphne area than nationally: 2.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.90 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $74,450, is 2.1 times the 10th-percentile wage, $36,210: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Daphne, AL?: Welders in the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley, AL area earn a median of $47,860 a year, or $23.01 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $74,450.
How much do welders make an hour in Daphne, AL?: The median hourly wage is $23.01. The middle half earn between $21.07 and $27.91 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Daphne, AL?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.41 an hour ($36,210 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.07.
Do welders make more in Daphne or Mobile?: Mobile pays more: the median is $47,860 in Daphne and $61,420 in Mobile, a 22% difference.
How does Daphne pay compare with the rest of Alabama?: The Daphne median of $47,860 is 1% less than the Alabama median of $48,490.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 51-4121 (Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers), area code 19300 (Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed welders and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (94.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures