Do welders make more in Hot Springs or Memphis?

Memphis pays more: the median is $46,400 in Hot Springs and $48,600 in Memphis, a 5% difference.

Welder salary in Hot Springs, AR

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Hot Springs, AR area earn a median of $46,400 a year, or $22.31 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $57,950. That's 3% less than the Arkansas median of $47,970.

Median yearly pay$46,400

Bottom 10% under$35,540Top 10% over$57,950

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $17.09/hr
Jobs in this area: 110
After cost of living: $54,120
Median hourly pay: $22.31/hr
vs U.S. median: −14%
vs Arkansas median: −3%
Mean (average) pay: $45,660 a year · $21.95 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 26300, Hot Springs, AR). 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 Hot Springs, AR 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	$17.09	$35,540
25th percentile	$18.08	$37,610
Median (50th)	$22.31	$46,400
75th percentile	$23.10	$48,040
90th percentile	$27.86	$57,950

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

How Hot Springs, AR compares

Hot Springs ranks 6th of 7 Arkansas metro areas for welder pay.
Welders hold about the same share of jobs in the Hot Springs area as nationally: 2.8 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Arkansas metro areas

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Questions

Do welders make more in Hot Springs or Memphis?: Memphis pays more: the median is $46,400 in Hot Springs and $48,600 in Memphis, a 5% 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 26300 (Hot Springs, AR). 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 (85.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures