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Welder salary in Port St. Lucie, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Port St. Lucie, FL area earn a median of $52,270 a year, or $25.13 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $70,840. That's 3% more than the Florida median of $50,640.

Median yearly pay$52,270
Bottom 10% under$40,680Top 10% over$70,840
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$19.56/hr
Jobs in this area
290
After cost of living
$52,150
Median hourly pay
$25.13/hr
vs U.S. median
−3%
vs Florida median
+3%
Mean (average) pay
$55,320 a year · $26.59 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 38940, Port St. Lucie, 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 Port St. Lucie, 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$19.56$40,680
25th percentile$23.29$48,440
Median (50th)$25.13$52,270
75th percentile$29.09$60,520
90th percentile$34.06$70,840

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

How Port St. Lucie, FL compares

  • Port St. Lucie ranks 5th of 22 Florida metro areas for welder pay.
  • Welders are less concentrated in the Port St. Lucie area than nationally: 1.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.64 times the U.S. share.

Other Florida metro areas

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Questions

Do welders make more in Port St. Lucie or Miami?
Miami pays more: the median is $52,270 in Port St. Lucie and $54,590 in Miami, a 4% 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 38940 (Port St. Lucie, 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 (100.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures