How much do welders make an hour in Elizabethtown, KY?

The median hourly wage is $28.80. The middle half earn between $24.74 and $31.34 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Elizabethtown, KY?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.54 an hour ($48,960 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.74.

Do welders make more in Elizabethtown or Lexington?

Elizabethtown pays more: the median is $59,900 in Elizabethtown and $53,680 in Lexington, a 12% difference.

How does Elizabethtown pay compare with the rest of Kentucky?

The Elizabethtown median of $59,900 is 16% more than the Kentucky median of $51,470.

Welder salary in Elizabethtown, KY

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Elizabethtown, KY area earn a median of $59,900 a year, or $28.80 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $71,100. Across all of Kentucky, the median is $51,470, so Elizabethtown pays 16% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$59,900

Bottom 10% under$48,960Top 10% over$71,100

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $23.54/hr
Jobs in this area: 660
After cost of living: $66,140
Median hourly pay: $28.80/hr
vs U.S. median: +11%
vs Kentucky median: +16%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 21060, Elizabethtown, KY). 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	$48,960–$51,470$23.54–$24.74/hr
Experienced welder	$59,900$28.80/hr
Top earners	$65,180–$71,100$31.34–$34.19/hr

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

How Elizabethtown, KY compares

Elizabethtown has the highest welder median of the 9 Kentucky metro areas with published pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Elizabethtown area than nationally: 12.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 4.8 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $71,100, is 1.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $48,960: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Elizabethtown, KY?: Welders in the Elizabethtown, KY area earn a median of $59,900 a year, or $28.80 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $71,100.
How much do welders make an hour in Elizabethtown, KY?: The median hourly wage is $28.80. The middle half earn between $24.74 and $31.34 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Elizabethtown, KY?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.54 an hour ($48,960 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.74.
Do welders make more in Elizabethtown or Lexington?: Elizabethtown pays more: the median is $59,900 in Elizabethtown and $53,680 in Lexington, a 12% difference.
How does Elizabethtown pay compare with the rest of Kentucky?: The Elizabethtown median of $59,900 is 16% more than the Kentucky median of $51,470.

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 21060 (Elizabethtown, KY). 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 (90.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures