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

The median hourly wage is $24.94. The middle half earn between $22.76 and $29.20 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Monroe, LA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.31 an hour ($42,250 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.76.

Do welders make more in Monroe or Baton Rouge?

Baton Rouge pays more: the median is $51,870 in Monroe and $78,170 in Baton Rouge, a 34% difference.

How does Monroe pay compare with the rest of Louisiana?

The Monroe median of $51,870 is 17% less than the Louisiana median of $62,250.

Welder salary in Monroe, LA

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Monroe, LA area earn a median of $51,870 a year, or $24.94 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $70,660. Across all of Louisiana, the median is $62,250, so Monroe pays 17% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$51,870

Bottom 10% under$42,250Top 10% over$70,660

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $20.31/hr
Jobs in this area: 420
After cost of living: $62,050
Median hourly pay: $24.94/hr
vs U.S. median: −3%
vs Louisiana median: −17%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 33740, Monroe, 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	$42,250–$47,340$20.31–$22.76/hr
Experienced welder	$51,870$24.94/hr
Top earners	$60,740–$70,660$29.20–$33.97/hr

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

How Monroe, LA compares

Monroe has the lowest welder median of the 10 Louisiana metro areas with published pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Monroe area than nationally: 4.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.8 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $70,660, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $42,250: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Monroe, LA?: Welders in the Monroe, LA area earn a median of $51,870 a year, or $24.94 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $70,660.
How much do welders make an hour in Monroe, LA?: The median hourly wage is $24.94. The middle half earn between $22.76 and $29.20 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Monroe, LA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.31 an hour ($42,250 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.76.
Do welders make more in Monroe or Baton Rouge?: Baton Rouge pays more: the median is $51,870 in Monroe and $78,170 in Baton Rouge, a 34% difference.
How does Monroe pay compare with the rest of Louisiana?: The Monroe median of $51,870 is 17% 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 33740 (Monroe, 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 (83.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures