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Welder salary in Vineland, NJ

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Vineland, NJ area earn a median of $53,000 a year, or $25.48 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $68,910. Statewide, welders earn a median of $59,440; Vineland is 11% below it.

Median yearly pay$53,000
Bottom 10% under$42,780Top 10% over$68,910
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$20.57/hr
Jobs in this area
70
After cost of living
$55,230
Median hourly pay
$25.48/hr
vs U.S. median
−1%
vs New Jersey median
−11%
Mean (average) pay
$55,710 a year · $26.78 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 47220, Vineland, NJ). 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 Vineland, NJ 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$20.57$42,780
25th percentile$23.00$47,830
Median (50th)$25.48$53,000
75th percentile$30.63$63,710
90th percentile$33.13$68,910

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

How Vineland, NJ compares

  • Vineland has the lowest welder median of the 6 New Jersey metro areas with published pay.
  • Welders are less concentrated in the Vineland area than nationally: 1.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.39 times the U.S. share.

Other New Jersey metro areas

Other trades in Vineland, NJ

Questions

Do welders make more in Vineland or New York?
New York pays more: the median is $53,000 in Vineland and $61,680 in New York, a 14% 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 47220 (Vineland, NJ). 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 (96.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures