How much do welders make an hour in Pocatello, ID?

The median hourly wage is $27.95. The middle half earn between $24.59 and $28.30 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Pocatello, ID?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.60 an hour ($40,770 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.59.

Do welders make more in Pocatello or Lewiston?

Pocatello pays more: the median is $58,140 in Pocatello and $55,890 in Lewiston, a 4% difference.

How does Pocatello pay compare with the rest of Idaho?

The Pocatello median of $58,140 is 15% more than the Idaho median of $50,530.

Welder salary in Pocatello, ID

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Pocatello, ID area earn a median of $58,140 a year, or $27.95 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $61,580. Across all of Idaho, the median is $50,530, so Pocatello pays 15% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$58,140

Bottom 10% under$40,770Top 10% over$61,580

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $19.60/hr
Jobs in this area: 180
After cost of living: $65,390
Median hourly pay: $27.95/hr
vs U.S. median: +8%
vs Idaho median: +15%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 38540, Pocatello, 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	$40,770–$51,150$19.60–$24.59/hr
Experienced welder	$58,140$27.95/hr
Top earners	$58,850–$61,580$28.30–$29.61/hr

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

How Pocatello, ID compares

Pocatello has the highest welder median of the 7 Idaho metro areas with published pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Pocatello area than nationally: 4.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.7 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $61,580, is 1.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $40,770: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Pocatello, ID?: Welders in the Pocatello, ID area earn a median of $58,140 a year, or $27.95 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $61,580.
How much do welders make an hour in Pocatello, ID?: The median hourly wage is $27.95. The middle half earn between $24.59 and $28.30 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Pocatello, ID?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.60 an hour ($40,770 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.59.
Do welders make more in Pocatello or Lewiston?: Pocatello pays more: the median is $58,140 in Pocatello and $55,890 in Lewiston, a 4% difference.
How does Pocatello pay compare with the rest of Idaho?: The Pocatello median of $58,140 is 15% 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 38540 (Pocatello, 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 (88.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures