Do welders make more in Valdosta or Savannah?

Savannah pays more: the median is $47,240 in Valdosta and $56,410 in Savannah, a 16% difference.

Welder salary in Valdosta, GA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Valdosta, GA area earn a median of $47,240 a year, or $22.71 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $61,200 a year. Across all of Georgia, the median is $48,430, so Valdosta pays 2% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$47,240

Bottom 10% under$38,450Top 10% over$61,200

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.49/hr
Jobs in this area: 180
After cost of living: $53,520
Median hourly pay: $22.71/hr
vs U.S. median: −12%
vs Georgia median: −2%
Mean (average) pay: $48,780 a year · $23.45 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 46660, Valdosta, 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 Valdosta, 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	$18.49	$38,450
25th percentile	$18.49	$38,450
Median (50th)	$22.71	$47,240
75th percentile	$28.49	$59,260
90th percentile	$29.42	$61,200

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

How Valdosta, GA compares

Valdosta ranks 9th of 14 Georgia metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Valdosta area than nationally: 3.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.3 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do welders make more in Valdosta or Savannah?: Savannah pays more: the median is $47,240 in Valdosta 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 46660 (Valdosta, 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 (88.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures