Do welders make more in Tallahassee or Miami?

Miami pays more: the median is $47,130 in Tallahassee and $54,590 in Miami, a 14% difference.

Welder salary in Tallahassee, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Tallahassee, FL area earn a median of $47,130 a year, or $22.66 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $63,690. That's 7% less than the Florida median of $50,640.

Median yearly pay$47,130

Bottom 10% under$38,300Top 10% over$63,690

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.41/hr
Jobs in this area: 220
After cost of living: $50,180
Median hourly pay: $22.66/hr
vs U.S. median: −12%
vs Florida median: −7%
Mean (average) pay: $50,540 a year · $24.30 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 45220, Tallahassee, 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 Tallahassee, 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	$18.41	$38,300
25th percentile	$21.45	$44,620
Median (50th)	$22.66	$47,130
75th percentile	$27.39	$56,970
90th percentile	$30.62	$63,690

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

How Tallahassee, FL compares

Tallahassee ranks 21st of 22 Florida metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Tallahassee area than nationally: 1.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.44 times the U.S. share.

Other Florida metro areas

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Questions

Do welders make more in Tallahassee or Miami?: Miami pays more: the median is $47,130 in Tallahassee and $54,590 in Miami, a 14% 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 45220 (Tallahassee, 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 (93.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures