Do welders make more in Huntsville or Mobile?

Mobile pays more: the median is $44,020 in Huntsville and $61,420 in Mobile, a 28% difference.

Welder salary in Huntsville, AL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Huntsville, AL area earn a median of $44,020 a year, or $21.17 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $60,970. That's 9% less than the Alabama median of $48,490.

Median yearly pay$44,020

Bottom 10% under$37,310Top 10% over$60,970

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.94/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,810
After cost of living: $47,300
Median hourly pay: $21.17/hr
vs U.S. median: −18%
vs Alabama median: −9%
Mean (average) pay: $46,140 a year · $22.18 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 26620, Huntsville, 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.

Pay by percentile

What welders in Huntsville, AL earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$17.94	$37,310
25th percentile	$17.94	$37,310
Median (50th)	$21.17	$44,020
75th percentile	$24.74	$51,460
90th percentile	$29.31	$60,970

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Huntsville, AL compares

Huntsville ranks 10th of 13 Alabama metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Huntsville area than nationally: 6.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.5 times the U.S. share.

Other Alabama metro areas

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Questions

Do welders make more in Huntsville or Mobile?: Mobile pays more: the median is $44,020 in Huntsville and $61,420 in Mobile, a 28% difference.

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 26620 (Huntsville, 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 (93.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures