How much do welders make an hour in Houma, LA?

The median hourly wage is $27.40. The middle half earn between $23.89 and $29.47 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Houma, LA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.23 an hour ($40,000 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.89.

Do welders make more in Houma or Baton Rouge?

Baton Rouge pays more: the median is $56,990 in Houma and $78,170 in Baton Rouge, a 27% difference.

How does Houma pay compare with the rest of Louisiana?

The Houma median of $56,990 is 8% less than the Louisiana median of $62,250.

Welder salary in Houma, LA

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux, LA area earn a median of $56,990 a year, or $27.40 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $74,580 a year. That's 8% less than the Louisiana median of $62,250.

Median yearly pay$56,990

Bottom 10% under$40,000Top 10% over$74,580

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $19.23/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,350
After cost of living: $66,970
Median hourly pay: $27.40/hr
vs U.S. median: +6%
vs Louisiana median: −8%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 26380, Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA). 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	$40,000–$49,680$19.23–$23.89/hr
Experienced welder	$56,990$27.40/hr
Top earners	$61,290–$74,580$29.47–$35.86/hr

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

How Houma, LA compares

Houma ranks 9th of 10 Louisiana metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Houma area than nationally: 16.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 6.0 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $74,580, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $40,000: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Houma, LA?: Welders in the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux, LA area earn a median of $56,990 a year, or $27.40 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $74,580 a year.
How much do welders make an hour in Houma, LA?: The median hourly wage is $27.40. The middle half earn between $23.89 and $29.47 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Houma, LA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.23 an hour ($40,000 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.89.
Do welders make more in Houma or Baton Rouge?: Baton Rouge pays more: the median is $56,990 in Houma and $78,170 in Baton Rouge, a 27% difference.
How does Houma pay compare with the rest of Louisiana?: The Houma median of $56,990 is 8% less than the Louisiana median of $62,250.

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 26380 (Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA). 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 (85.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures