How much do welders make an hour in Colorado Springs, CO?

The median hourly wage is $26.57. The middle half earn between $23.04 and $30.28 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Colorado Springs, CO?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.04 an hour ($43,760 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.04.

Do welders make more in Colorado Springs or Boulder?

Boulder pays more: the median is $55,270 in Colorado Springs and $65,040 in Boulder, a 15% difference.

How does Colorado Springs pay compare with the rest of Colorado?

The Colorado Springs median of $55,270 is 6% less than the Colorado median of $58,590.

Welder salary in Colorado Springs, CO

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Colorado Springs, CO area earn a median of $55,270 a year, or $26.57 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $95,430. Across all of Colorado, the median is $58,590, so Colorado Springs pays 6% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$55,270

Bottom 10% under$43,760Top 10% over$95,430

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $21.04/hr
Jobs in this area: 470
After cost of living: $54,880
Median hourly pay: $26.57/hr
vs U.S. median: +3%
vs Colorado median: −6%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 17820, Colorado Springs, CO). 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	$43,760–$47,930$21.04–$23.04/hr
Experienced welder	$55,270$26.57/hr
Top earners	$62,990–$95,430$30.28–$45.88/hr

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

How Colorado Springs, CO compares

Colorado Springs ranks 5th of 7 Colorado metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Colorado Springs area than nationally: 1.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.56 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $95,430, is 2.2 times the 10th-percentile wage, $43,760: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Colorado Springs, CO?: Welders in the Colorado Springs, CO area earn a median of $55,270 a year, or $26.57 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $95,430.
How much do welders make an hour in Colorado Springs, CO?: The median hourly wage is $26.57. The middle half earn between $23.04 and $30.28 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Colorado Springs, CO?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.04 an hour ($43,760 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.04.
Do welders make more in Colorado Springs or Boulder?: Boulder pays more: the median is $55,270 in Colorado Springs and $65,040 in Boulder, a 15% difference.
How does Colorado Springs pay compare with the rest of Colorado?: The Colorado Springs median of $55,270 is 6% less than the Colorado median of $58,590.

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 17820 (Colorado Springs, CO). 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