How much do welders make an hour in Las Cruces, NM?

The median hourly wage is $22.85. The middle half earn between $20.63 and $31.42 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Las Cruces, NM?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.29 an hour ($35,970 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $20.63.

Do welders make more in Las Cruces or Farmington?

Farmington pays more: the median is $47,520 in Las Cruces and $57,440 in Farmington, a 17% difference.

How does Las Cruces pay compare with the rest of New Mexico?

The Las Cruces median of $47,520 is 21% less than the New Mexico median of $59,840.

Welder salary in Las Cruces, NM

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Las Cruces, NM area earn a median of $47,520 a year, or $22.85 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $73,540. Across all of New Mexico, the median is $59,840, so Las Cruces pays 21% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$47,520

Bottom 10% under$35,970Top 10% over$73,540

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $17.29/hr
Jobs in this area: 80
After cost of living: $52,680
Median hourly pay: $22.85/hr
vs U.S. median: −12%
vs New Mexico median: −21%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 29740, Las Cruces, NM). 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	$35,970–$42,900$17.29–$20.63/hr
Experienced welder	$47,520$22.85/hr
Top earners	$65,360–$73,540$31.42–$35.35/hr

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

How Las Cruces, NM compares

Las Cruces has the lowest welder median of the 4 New Mexico metro areas with published pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Las Cruces area than nationally: 1.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.38 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $73,540, is 2.0 times the 10th-percentile wage, $35,970: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Las Cruces, NM?: Welders in the Las Cruces, NM area earn a median of $47,520 a year, or $22.85 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $73,540.
How much do welders make an hour in Las Cruces, NM?: The median hourly wage is $22.85. The middle half earn between $20.63 and $31.42 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Las Cruces, NM?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.29 an hour ($35,970 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $20.63.
Do welders make more in Las Cruces or Farmington?: Farmington pays more: the median is $47,520 in Las Cruces and $57,440 in Farmington, a 17% difference.
How does Las Cruces pay compare with the rest of New Mexico?: The Las Cruces median of $47,520 is 21% less than the New Mexico median of $59,840.

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 29740 (Las Cruces, NM). 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 (90.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures