Do welders make more in Rome or Savannah?

Savannah pays more: the median is $42,280 in Rome and $56,410 in Savannah, a 25% difference.

Welder salary in Rome, GA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Rome, GA area earn a median of $42,280 a year, or $20.33 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $56,960. Across all of Georgia, the median is $48,430, so Rome pays 13% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$42,280

Bottom 10% under$38,310Top 10% over$56,960

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.42/hr
Jobs in this area: 160
After cost of living: $46,890
Median hourly pay: $20.33/hr
vs U.S. median: −21%
vs Georgia median: −13%
Mean (average) pay: $44,900 a year · $21.59 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 40660, Rome, 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.

Pay by percentile

What welders in Rome, 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	$18.42	$38,310
25th percentile	$19.08	$39,680
Median (50th)	$20.33	$42,280
75th percentile	$22.56	$46,930
90th percentile	$27.39	$56,960

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

How Rome, GA compares

Rome ranks 13th of 14 Georgia metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Rome area than nationally: 3.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.3 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do welders make more in Rome or Savannah?: Savannah pays more: the median is $42,280 in Rome and $56,410 in Savannah, a 25% 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 40660 (Rome, 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 (90.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures