How much do welders make an hour in Bangor, ME?

The median hourly wage is $24.32. The middle half earn between $23.06 and $30.13 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Bangor, ME?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.76 an hour ($43,170 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.06.

Do welders make more in Bangor or Portland?

Portland pays more: the median is $50,590 in Bangor and $66,420 in Portland, a 24% difference.

How does Bangor pay compare with the rest of Maine?

The Bangor median of $50,590 is 19% less than the Maine median of $62,220.

Welder salary in Bangor, ME

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Bangor, ME area earn a median of $50,590 a year, or $24.32 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $70,800 a year. Across all of Maine, the median is $62,220, so Bangor pays 19% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$50,590

Bottom 10% under$43,170Top 10% over$70,800

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $20.76/hr
Jobs in this area: 140
After cost of living: $52,420
Median hourly pay: $24.32/hr
vs U.S. median: −6%
vs Maine median: −19%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 12620, Bangor, ME). 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	$43,170–$47,960$20.76–$23.06/hr
Experienced welder	$50,590$24.32/hr
Top earners	$62,670–$70,800$30.13–$34.04/hr

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

How Bangor, ME compares

Bangor has the lowest welder median of the 3 Maine metro areas with published pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Bangor area than nationally: 2.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.73 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $70,800, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $43,170: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Bangor, ME?: Welders in the Bangor, ME area earn a median of $50,590 a year, or $24.32 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $70,800 a year.
How much do welders make an hour in Bangor, ME?: The median hourly wage is $24.32. The middle half earn between $23.06 and $30.13 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Bangor, ME?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.76 an hour ($43,170 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.06.
Do welders make more in Bangor or Portland?: Portland pays more: the median is $50,590 in Bangor and $66,420 in Portland, a 24% difference.
How does Bangor pay compare with the rest of Maine?: The Bangor median of $50,590 is 19% less than the Maine median of $62,220.

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 12620 (Bangor, ME). 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 (96.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures