How much do welders make an hour in Lexington Park, MD?

The median hourly wage is $29.25. The middle half earn between $22.59 and $35.87 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Lexington Park, MD?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.68 an hour ($45,100 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.59.

Do welders make more in Lexington Park or Baltimore?

Baltimore pays more: the median is $60,840 in Lexington Park and $61,920 in Baltimore, a 2% difference.

How does Lexington Park pay compare with the rest of Maryland?

The Lexington Park median of $60,840 is 1% more than the Maryland median of $60,310.

Welder salary in Lexington Park, MD

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Lexington Park, MD area earn a median of $60,840 a year, or $29.25 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $88,070. That's 1% more than the Maryland median of $60,310.

Median yearly pay$60,840

Bottom 10% under$45,100Top 10% over$88,070

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $21.68/hr
Jobs in this area: 80
After cost of living: $60,380
Median hourly pay: $29.25/hr
vs U.S. median: +13%
vs Maryland median: +1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 30500, Lexington Park, MD). 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	$45,100–$46,990$21.68–$22.59/hr
Experienced welder	$60,840$29.25/hr
Top earners	$74,620–$88,070$35.87–$42.34/hr

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

How Lexington Park, MD compares

Lexington Park ranks 2nd of 6 Maryland metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Lexington Park area than nationally: 1.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.42 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $88,070, is 2.0 times the 10th-percentile wage, $45,100: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Lexington Park, MD?: Welders in the Lexington Park, MD area earn a median of $60,840 a year, or $29.25 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $88,070.
How much do welders make an hour in Lexington Park, MD?: The median hourly wage is $29.25. The middle half earn between $22.59 and $35.87 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Lexington Park, MD?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.68 an hour ($45,100 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.59.
Do welders make more in Lexington Park or Baltimore?: Baltimore pays more: the median is $60,840 in Lexington Park and $61,920 in Baltimore, a 2% difference.
How does Lexington Park pay compare with the rest of Maryland?: The Lexington Park median of $60,840 is 1% more than the Maryland median of $60,310.

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 30500 (Lexington Park, MD). 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 (100.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures