Welder salary in Albany, GA
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Welders in the Albany, GA area earn a median of $47,180 a year, or $22.68 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $74,300 a year. Statewide, welders earn a median of $48,430; Albany is 3% below it.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $17.99/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 170
- After cost of living
- $53,820
- Median hourly pay
- $22.68/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −12%
- vs Georgia median
- −3%
- Mean (average) pay
- $50,970 a year · $24.51 an hour
Pay by percentile
What welders in Albany, GA 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 | $17.99 | $37,430 |
| 25th percentile | $19.29 | $40,110 |
| Median (50th) | $22.68 | $47,180 |
| 75th percentile | $27.54 | $57,290 |
| 90th percentile | $35.72 | $74,300 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Albany, GA compares
- Albany ranks 11th of 14 Georgia metro areas for welder pay.
- Welders hold about the same share of jobs in the Albany area as nationally: 2.9 of every 1,000 jobs.
Other Georgia metro areas
Other trades in Albany, GA
Questions
- Do welders make more in Albany or Savannah?
- Savannah pays more: the median is $47,180 in Albany and $56,410 in Savannah, a 16% 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 10500 (Albany, GA). 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 (87.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures