Do welders make more in Albany or New York?

New York pays more: the median is $59,390 in Albany and $61,680 in New York, a 4% difference.

Welder salary in Albany, NY

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Albany–Schenectady–Troy, NY area earn a median of $59,390 a year, or $28.55 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $77,580. Statewide, welders earn a median of $59,140; Albany is right at that level.

Median yearly pay$59,390

Bottom 10% under$45,730Top 10% over$77,580

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $21.99/hr
Jobs in this area: 550
After cost of living: $59,650
Median hourly pay: $28.55/hr
vs U.S. median: +10%
vs New York median: 0%
Mean (average) pay: $60,440 a year · $29.06 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 10580, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY). 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 Albany, NY 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	$21.99	$45,730
25th percentile	$24.30	$50,540
Median (50th)	$28.55	$59,390
75th percentile	$32.38	$67,340
90th percentile	$37.30	$77,580

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

How Albany, NY compares

Albany ranks 2nd of 12 New York metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Albany area than nationally: 1.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.46 times the U.S. share.

Other New York metro areas

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Questions

Do welders make more in Albany or New York?: New York pays more: the median is $59,390 in Albany and $61,680 in New York, a 4% 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 10580 (Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY). 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 (99.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures