How much do welders make an hour in Flagstaff, AZ?

The median hourly wage is $26.19. The middle half earn between $22.85 and $33.29 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Flagstaff, AZ?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.60 an hour ($40,770 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.85.

Do welders make more in Flagstaff or Phoenix?

Phoenix pays more: the median is $54,460 in Flagstaff and $56,540 in Phoenix, a 4% difference.

How does Flagstaff pay compare with the rest of Arizona?

The Flagstaff median of $54,460 is 2% less than the Arizona median of $55,600.

Welder salary in Flagstaff, AZ

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Flagstaff, AZ area earn a median of $54,460 a year, or $26.19 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $100,470 a year. Across all of Arizona, the median is $55,600, so Flagstaff pays 2% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$54,460

Bottom 10% under$40,770Top 10% over$100,470

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $19.60/hr
Jobs in this area: 60
After cost of living: $54,280
Median hourly pay: $26.19/hr
vs U.S. median: +1%
vs Arizona median: −2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 22380, Flagstaff, AZ). 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	$40,770–$47,530$19.60–$22.85/hr
Experienced welder	$54,460$26.19/hr
Top earners	$69,240–$100,470$33.29–$48.30/hr

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

How Flagstaff, AZ compares

Flagstaff ranks 2nd of 7 Arizona metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Flagstaff area than nationally: 0.9 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.34 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $100,470, is 2.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $40,770: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Flagstaff, AZ?: Welders in the Flagstaff, AZ area earn a median of $54,460 a year, or $26.19 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $100,470 a year.
How much do welders make an hour in Flagstaff, AZ?: The median hourly wage is $26.19. The middle half earn between $22.85 and $33.29 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Flagstaff, AZ?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.60 an hour ($40,770 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.85.
Do welders make more in Flagstaff or Phoenix?: Phoenix pays more: the median is $54,460 in Flagstaff and $56,540 in Phoenix, a 4% difference.
How does Flagstaff pay compare with the rest of Arizona?: The Flagstaff median of $54,460 is 2% less than the Arizona median of $55,600.

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 22380 (Flagstaff, AZ). 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 (100.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures