How much do welders make an hour in Coeur d'Alene, ID?

The median hourly wage is $24.76. The middle half earn between $22.65 and $27.68 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Coeur d'Alene, ID?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.04 an hour ($41,680 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.65.

Do welders make more in Coeur d'Alene or Pocatello?

Pocatello pays more: the median is $51,510 in Coeur d'Alene and $58,140 in Pocatello, a 11% difference.

How does Coeur d'Alene pay compare with the rest of Idaho?

The Coeur d'Alene median of $51,510 is 2% more than the Idaho median of $50,530.

Welder salary in Coeur d'Alene, ID

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Coeur d'Alene, ID area earn a median of $51,510 a year, or $24.76 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $62,240 a year. Across all of Idaho, the median is $50,530, so Coeur d'Alene pays 2% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$51,510

Bottom 10% under$41,680Top 10% over$62,240

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $20.04/hr
Jobs in this area: 230
After cost of living: $52,400
Median hourly pay: $24.76/hr
vs U.S. median: −4%
vs Idaho median: +2%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 17660, Coeur d'Alene, 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	$41,680–$47,110$20.04–$22.65/hr
Experienced welder	$51,510$24.76/hr
Top earners	$57,560–$62,240$27.68–$29.92/hr

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

How Coeur d'Alene, ID compares

Coeur d'Alene ranks 3rd of 7 Idaho metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Coeur d'Alene area than nationally: 3.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.2 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $62,240, is 1.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $41,680: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Coeur d'Alene, ID?: Welders in the Coeur d'Alene, ID area earn a median of $51,510 a year, or $24.76 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $62,240 a year.
How much do welders make an hour in Coeur d'Alene, ID?: The median hourly wage is $24.76. The middle half earn between $22.65 and $27.68 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Coeur d'Alene, ID?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.04 an hour ($41,680 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.65.
Do welders make more in Coeur d'Alene or Pocatello?: Pocatello pays more: the median is $51,510 in Coeur d'Alene and $58,140 in Pocatello, a 11% difference.
How does Coeur d'Alene pay compare with the rest of Idaho?: The Coeur d'Alene median of $51,510 is 2% more 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 17660 (Coeur d'Alene, 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 (98.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures