Do welders make more in Orlando or Miami?

Miami pays more: the median is $50,200 in Orlando and $54,590 in Miami, a 8% difference.

Welder salary in Orlando, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, FL area earn a median of $50,200 a year, or $24.13 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $68,780. That's 1% less than the Florida median of $50,640.

Median yearly pay$50,200

Bottom 10% under$39,520Top 10% over$68,780

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $19.00/hr
Jobs in this area: 2,020
After cost of living: $49,500
Median hourly pay: $24.13/hr
vs U.S. median: −7%
vs Florida median: −1%
Mean (average) pay: $54,220 a year · $26.07 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 36740, Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, 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.

Pay by percentile

What welders in Orlando, FL 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	$19.00	$39,520
25th percentile	$22.09	$45,940
Median (50th)	$24.13	$50,200
75th percentile	$28.67	$59,630
90th percentile	$33.07	$68,780

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

How Orlando, FL compares

Orlando ranks 9th of 22 Florida metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Orlando area than nationally: 1.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.53 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do welders make more in Orlando or Miami?: Miami pays more: the median is $50,200 in Orlando and $54,590 in Miami, a 8% 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 36740 (Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, 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 (101.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures