How much do welders make an hour in Boise City, ID?

The median hourly wage is $24.15. The middle half earn between $22.43 and $28.62 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Boise City, ID?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.47 an hour ($40,500 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.43.

Do welders make more in Boise City or Pocatello?

Pocatello pays more: the median is $50,240 in Boise City and $58,140 in Pocatello, a 14% difference.

How does Boise City pay compare with the rest of Idaho?

The Boise City median of $50,240 is 1% less than the Idaho median of $50,530.

Welder salary in Boise City, ID

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Boise City, ID area earn a median of $50,240 a year, or $24.15 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $71,930. Across all of Idaho, the median is $50,530, so Boise City pays 1% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$50,240

Bottom 10% under$40,500Top 10% over$71,930

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $19.47/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,400
After cost of living: $51,060
Median hourly pay: $24.15/hr
vs U.S. median: −7%
vs Idaho median: −1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 14260, Boise City, ID). 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	$40,500–$46,660$19.47–$22.43/hr
Experienced welder	$50,240$24.15/hr
Top earners	$59,530–$71,930$28.62–$34.58/hr

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

How Boise City, ID compares

Boise City ranks 5th of 7 Idaho metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Boise City area than nationally: 3.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.3 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $71,930, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $40,500: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Boise City, ID?: Welders in the Boise City, ID area earn a median of $50,240 a year, or $24.15 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $71,930.
How much do welders make an hour in Boise City, ID?: The median hourly wage is $24.15. The middle half earn between $22.43 and $28.62 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Boise City, ID?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.47 an hour ($40,500 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.43.
Do welders make more in Boise City or Pocatello?: Pocatello pays more: the median is $50,240 in Boise City and $58,140 in Pocatello, a 14% difference.
How does Boise City pay compare with the rest of Idaho?: The Boise City median of $50,240 is 1% less than the Idaho median of $50,530.

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 14260 (Boise City, ID). 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 (98.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures