Do welders make more in Flint or Detroit?

Detroit pays more: the median is $48,810 in Flint and $51,810 in Detroit, a 6% difference.

Welder salary in Flint, MI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Flint, MI area earn a median of $48,810 a year, or $23.47 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $70,340 a year. Statewide, welders earn a median of $49,990; Flint is 2% below it.

Median yearly pay$48,810

Bottom 10% under$37,500Top 10% over$70,340

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.03/hr
Jobs in this area: 200
After cost of living: $52,460
Median hourly pay: $23.47/hr
vs U.S. median: −9%
vs Michigan median: −2%
Mean (average) pay: $53,480 a year · $25.71 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 22420, Flint, MI). 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.

Pay by percentile

What welders in Flint, MI earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$18.03	$37,500
25th percentile	$19.44	$40,440
Median (50th)	$23.47	$48,810
75th percentile	$28.07	$58,380
90th percentile	$33.82	$70,340

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Flint, MI compares

Flint ranks 12th of 16 Michigan metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Flint area than nationally: 1.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.56 times the U.S. share.

Other Michigan metro areas

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Questions

Do welders make more in Flint or Detroit?: Detroit pays more: the median is $48,810 in Flint and $51,810 in Detroit, a 6% difference.

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 22420 (Flint, MI). 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 (93.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures