How much do welders make an hour in Brunswick, GA?

The median hourly wage is $23.26. The middle half earn between $20.28 and $26.75 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Brunswick, GA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.58 an hour ($38,650 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $20.28.

Do welders make more in Brunswick or Savannah?

Savannah pays more: the median is $48,380 in Brunswick and $56,410 in Savannah, a 14% difference.

How does Brunswick pay compare with the rest of Georgia?

The Brunswick median of $48,380 is about the same as the Georgia median of $48,430.

Welder salary in Brunswick, GA

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Brunswick–St. Simons, GA area earn a median of $48,380 a year, or $23.26 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $61,930. That's about the same as the Georgia median of $48,430.

Median yearly pay$48,380

Bottom 10% under$38,650Top 10% over$61,930

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.58/hr
Jobs in this area: 80
After cost of living: $55,160
Median hourly pay: $23.26/hr
vs U.S. median: −10%
vs Georgia median: 0%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 15260, Brunswick-St. Simons, GA). 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	$38,650–$42,180$18.58–$20.28/hr
Experienced welder	$48,380$23.26/hr
Top earners	$55,640–$61,930$26.75–$29.78/hr

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

How Brunswick, GA compares

Brunswick ranks 7th of 14 Georgia metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Brunswick area than nationally: 1.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.62 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $61,930, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $38,650: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Brunswick, GA?: Welders in the Brunswick–St. Simons, GA area earn a median of $48,380 a year, or $23.26 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $61,930.
How much do welders make an hour in Brunswick, GA?: The median hourly wage is $23.26. The middle half earn between $20.28 and $26.75 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Brunswick, GA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.58 an hour ($38,650 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $20.28.
Do welders make more in Brunswick or Savannah?: Savannah pays more: the median is $48,380 in Brunswick and $56,410 in Savannah, a 14% difference.
How does Brunswick pay compare with the rest of Georgia?: The Brunswick median of $48,380 is about the same as the Georgia median of $48,430.

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 15260 (Brunswick-St. Simons, 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 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures