How much do welders make an hour in Redding, CA?

The median hourly wage is $25.21. The middle half earn between $22.00 and $29.74 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Redding, CA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.79 an hour ($39,070 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.00.

Do welders make more in Redding or San Francisco?

San Francisco pays more: the median is $52,450 in Redding and $64,320 in San Francisco, a 18% difference.

How does Redding pay compare with the rest of California?

The Redding median of $52,450 is 10% less than the California median of $58,060.

Welder salary in Redding, CA

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Redding, CA area earn a median of $52,450 a year, or $25.21 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $77,860 a year. That's 10% less than the California median of $58,060.

Median yearly pay$52,450

Bottom 10% under$39,070Top 10% over$77,860

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.79/hr
Jobs in this area: 100
After cost of living: $52,090
Median hourly pay: $25.21/hr
vs U.S. median: −2%
vs California median: −10%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 39820, Redding, CA). 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	$39,070–$45,760$18.79–$22.00/hr
Experienced welder	$52,450$25.21/hr
Top earners	$61,850–$77,860$29.74–$37.43/hr

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

How Redding, CA compares

Redding ranks 16th of 25 California metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Redding area than nationally: 1.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.51 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $77,860, is 2.0 times the 10th-percentile wage, $39,070: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Redding, CA?: Welders in the Redding, CA area earn a median of $52,450 a year, or $25.21 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $77,860 a year.
How much do welders make an hour in Redding, CA?: The median hourly wage is $25.21. The middle half earn between $22.00 and $29.74 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Redding, CA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.79 an hour ($39,070 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.00.
Do welders make more in Redding or San Francisco?: San Francisco pays more: the median is $52,450 in Redding and $64,320 in San Francisco, a 18% difference.
How does Redding pay compare with the rest of California?: The Redding median of $52,450 is 10% less than the California median of $58,060.

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 39820 (Redding, CA). 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 (100.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures