How much do welders make an hour in Dover, DE?

The median hourly wage is $23.32. The middle half earn between $22.86 and $28.43 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Dover, DE?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.92 an hour ($39,350 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.86.

Do welders make more in Dover or Philadelphia?

Philadelphia pays more: the median is $48,510 in Dover and $58,380 in Philadelphia, a 17% difference.

How does Dover pay compare with the rest of Delaware?

The Dover median of $48,510 is 15% less than the Delaware median of $57,270.

Welder salary in Dover, DE

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Dover, DE area earn a median of $48,510 a year, or $23.32 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $76,030. Statewide, welders earn a median of $57,270; Dover is 15% below it.

Median yearly pay$48,510

Bottom 10% under$39,350Top 10% over$76,030

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.92/hr
Jobs in this area: 90
After cost of living: $49,750
Median hourly pay: $23.32/hr
vs U.S. median: −10%
vs Delaware median: −15%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 20100, Dover, DE). 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	$39,350–$47,540$18.92–$22.86/hr
Experienced welder	$48,510$23.32/hr
Top earners	$59,140–$76,030$28.43–$36.55/hr

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

How Dover, DE compares

Welders are less concentrated in the Dover area than nationally: 1.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.48 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $76,030, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $39,350: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Delaware metro areas

Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington$58,380

Other trades in Dover, DE

Electrician HVAC technician Lineman Plumber

Questions

How much do welders make in Dover, DE?: Welders in the Dover, DE area earn a median of $48,510 a year, or $23.32 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $76,030.
How much do welders make an hour in Dover, DE?: The median hourly wage is $23.32. The middle half earn between $22.86 and $28.43 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Dover, DE?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.92 an hour ($39,350 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.86.
Do welders make more in Dover or Philadelphia?: Philadelphia pays more: the median is $48,510 in Dover and $58,380 in Philadelphia, a 17% difference.
How does Dover pay compare with the rest of Delaware?: The Dover median of $48,510 is 15% less than the Delaware median of $57,270.

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 20100 (Dover, DE). 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 (97.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures