How much do welders make an hour in Twin Falls, ID?

The median hourly wage is $21.90. The middle half earn between $21.90 and $26.90 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Twin Falls, ID?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.12 an hour ($37,680 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.90.

Do welders make more in Twin Falls or Pocatello?

Pocatello pays more: the median is $45,550 in Twin Falls and $58,140 in Pocatello, a 22% difference.

How does Twin Falls pay compare with the rest of Idaho?

The Twin Falls median of $45,550 is 10% less than the Idaho median of $50,530.

Welder salary in Twin Falls, ID

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Twin Falls, ID area earn a median of $45,550 a year, or $21.90 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $68,690 a year. Across all of Idaho, the median is $50,530, so Twin Falls pays 10% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$45,550

Bottom 10% under$37,680Top 10% over$68,690

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.12/hr
Jobs in this area: 290
After cost of living: $49,450
Median hourly pay: $21.90/hr
vs U.S. median: −15%
vs Idaho median: −10%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 46300, Twin Falls, 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	$37,680–$45,550$18.12–$21.90/hr
Experienced welder	$45,550$21.90/hr
Top earners	$55,950–$68,690$26.90–$33.02/hr

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

How Twin Falls, ID compares

Twin Falls has the lowest welder median of the 7 Idaho metro areas with published pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Twin Falls area than nationally: 5.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.1 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $68,690, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $37,680: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Twin Falls, ID?: Welders in the Twin Falls, ID area earn a median of $45,550 a year, or $21.90 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $68,690 a year.
How much do welders make an hour in Twin Falls, ID?: The median hourly wage is $21.90. The middle half earn between $21.90 and $26.90 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Twin Falls, ID?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.12 an hour ($37,680 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.90.
Do welders make more in Twin Falls or Pocatello?: Pocatello pays more: the median is $45,550 in Twin Falls and $58,140 in Pocatello, a 22% difference.
How does Twin Falls pay compare with the rest of Idaho?: The Twin Falls median of $45,550 is 10% 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 46300 (Twin Falls, 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 (92.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures