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

The median hourly wage is $23.89. The middle half earn between $20.70 and $29.30 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Yuma, AZ?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.97 an hour ($39,470 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $20.70.

Do welders make more in Yuma or Phoenix?

Phoenix pays more: the median is $49,680 in Yuma and $56,540 in Phoenix, a 12% difference.

How does Yuma pay compare with the rest of Arizona?

The Yuma median of $49,680 is 11% less than the Arizona median of $55,600.

Welder salary in Yuma, AZ

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Yuma, AZ area earn a median of $49,680 a year, or $23.89 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $73,210. Statewide, welders earn a median of $55,600; Yuma is 11% below it.

Median yearly pay$49,680

Bottom 10% under$39,470Top 10% over$73,210

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.97/hr
Jobs in this area: 120
After cost of living: $53,590
Median hourly pay: $23.89/hr
vs U.S. median: −8%
vs Arizona median: −11%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 49740, Yuma, 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	$39,470–$43,060$18.97–$20.70/hr
Experienced welder	$49,680$23.89/hr
Top earners	$60,950–$73,210$29.30–$35.20/hr

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

How Yuma, AZ compares

Yuma has the lowest welder median of the 7 Arizona metro areas with published pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Yuma area than nationally: 1.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.65 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $73,210, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $39,470: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Yuma, AZ?: Welders in the Yuma, AZ area earn a median of $49,680 a year, or $23.89 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $73,210.
How much do welders make an hour in Yuma, AZ?: The median hourly wage is $23.89. The middle half earn between $20.70 and $29.30 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Yuma, AZ?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.97 an hour ($39,470 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $20.70.
Do welders make more in Yuma or Phoenix?: Phoenix pays more: the median is $49,680 in Yuma and $56,540 in Phoenix, a 12% difference.
How does Yuma pay compare with the rest of Arizona?: The Yuma median of $49,680 is 11% 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 49740 (Yuma, 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 (92.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures