Welder salary in Montgomery, AL
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Welders in the Montgomery, AL area earn a median of $47,880 a year, or $23.02 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $71,160. Across all of Alabama, the median is $48,490, so Montgomery pays 1% less than the state as a whole.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $17.96/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 560
- After cost of living
- $53,390
- Median hourly pay
- $23.02/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −11%
- vs Alabama median
- −1%
- Mean (average) pay
- $51,020 a year · $24.53 an hour
Pay by percentile
What welders in Montgomery, 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 | $17.96 | $37,350 |
| 25th percentile | $20.03 | $41,670 |
| Median (50th) | $23.02 | $47,880 |
| 75th percentile | $28.73 | $59,760 |
| 90th percentile | $34.21 | $71,160 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Montgomery, AL compares
- Montgomery ranks 6th of 13 Alabama metro areas for welder pay.
- Welders are more concentrated in the Montgomery area than nationally: 3.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.3 times the U.S. share.
Other Alabama metro areas
Other trades in Montgomery, AL
Questions
- Do welders make more in Montgomery or Mobile?
- Mobile pays more: the median is $47,880 in Montgomery and $61,420 in Mobile, a 22% 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 33860 (Montgomery, 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 (89.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures