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

The median hourly wage is $27.12. The middle half earn between $21.89 and $28.88 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Savannah, GA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.38 an hour ($38,230 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.89.

Do welders make more in Savannah or Augusta?

Savannah pays more: the median is $56,410 in Savannah and $50,800 in Augusta, a 11% difference.

How does Savannah pay compare with the rest of Georgia?

The Savannah median of $56,410 is 16% more than the Georgia median of $48,430.

Welder salary in Savannah, GA

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Savannah, GA area earn a median of $56,410 a year, or $27.12 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $67,210. That's 16% more than the Georgia median of $48,430.

Median yearly pay$56,410

Bottom 10% under$38,230Top 10% over$67,210

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.38/hr
Jobs in this area: 460
After cost of living: $59,250
Median hourly pay: $27.12/hr
vs U.S. median: +5%
vs Georgia median: +16%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 42340, Savannah, 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	$38,230–$45,530$18.38–$21.89/hr
Experienced welder	$56,410$27.12/hr
Top earners	$60,080–$67,210$28.88–$32.31/hr

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

How Savannah, GA compares

Savannah has the highest welder median of the 14 Georgia metro areas with published pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Savannah area than nationally: 2.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.86 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $67,210, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $38,230: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Savannah, GA?: Welders in the Savannah, GA area earn a median of $56,410 a year, or $27.12 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $67,210.
How much do welders make an hour in Savannah, GA?: The median hourly wage is $27.12. The middle half earn between $21.89 and $28.88 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Savannah, GA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.38 an hour ($38,230 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.89.
Do welders make more in Savannah or Augusta?: Savannah pays more: the median is $56,410 in Savannah and $50,800 in Augusta, a 11% difference.
How does Savannah pay compare with the rest of Georgia?: The Savannah median of $56,410 is 16% more than 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 42340 (Savannah, 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 (95.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures