How much do welders make an hour in Naples, FL?

The median hourly wage is $27.14. The middle half earn between $22.87 and $32.17 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Naples, FL?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.65 an hour ($38,790 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.87.

Do welders make more in Naples or Miami?

Naples pays more: the median is $56,440 in Naples and $54,590 in Miami, a 3% difference.

How does Naples pay compare with the rest of Florida?

The Naples median of $56,440 is 11% more than the Florida median of $50,640.

Welder salary in Naples, FL

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Naples–Marco Island, FL area earn a median of $56,440 a year, or $27.14 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $74,110 a year. Across all of Florida, the median is $50,640, so Naples pays 11% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$56,440

Bottom 10% under$38,790Top 10% over$74,110

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.65/hr
Jobs in this area: 180
After cost of living: $54,690
Median hourly pay: $27.14/hr
vs U.S. median: +5%
vs Florida median: +11%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 34940, Naples-Marco Island, FL). 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	$38,790–$47,560$18.65–$22.87/hr
Experienced welder	$56,440$27.14/hr
Top earners	$66,910–$74,110$32.17–$35.63/hr

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

How Naples, FL compares

Naples has the highest welder median of the 22 Florida metro areas with published pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Naples area than nationally: 1.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.39 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $74,110, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $38,790: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Naples, FL?: Welders in the Naples–Marco Island, FL area earn a median of $56,440 a year, or $27.14 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $74,110 a year.
How much do welders make an hour in Naples, FL?: The median hourly wage is $27.14. The middle half earn between $22.87 and $32.17 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Naples, FL?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.65 an hour ($38,790 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.87.
Do welders make more in Naples or Miami?: Naples pays more: the median is $56,440 in Naples and $54,590 in Miami, a 3% difference.
How does Naples pay compare with the rest of Florida?: The Naples median of $56,440 is 11% more than the Florida median of $50,640.

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 34940 (Naples-Marco Island, FL). 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 (103.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures