How much do welders make an hour in Elmira, NY?

The median hourly wage is $23.47. The middle half earn between $22.43 and $28.00 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Elmira, NY?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.14 an hour ($46,040 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.43.

Do welders make more in Elmira or New York?

New York pays more: the median is $48,820 in Elmira and $61,680 in New York, a 21% difference.

How does Elmira pay compare with the rest of New York?

The Elmira median of $48,820 is 17% less than the New York median of $59,140.

Welder salary in Elmira, NY

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Elmira, NY area earn a median of $48,820 a year, or $23.47 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $72,030. Across all of New York, the median is $59,140, so Elmira pays 17% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$48,820

Bottom 10% under$46,040Top 10% over$72,030

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $22.14/hr
Jobs in this area: 90
After cost of living: $51,720
Median hourly pay: $23.47/hr
vs U.S. median: −9%
vs New York median: −17%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 21300, Elmira, 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.

Entry-level to top welder pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Entry level	$46,040–$46,650$22.14–$22.43/hr
Experienced welder	$48,820$23.47/hr
Top earners	$58,230–$72,030$28.00–$34.63/hr

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

How Elmira, NY compares

Elmira has the lowest welder median of the 12 New York metro areas with published pay.
Welders hold about the same share of jobs in the Elmira area as nationally: 2.8 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $72,030, is 1.6 times the 10th-percentile wage, $46,040: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Elmira, NY?: Welders in the Elmira, NY area earn a median of $48,820 a year, or $23.47 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $72,030.
How much do welders make an hour in Elmira, NY?: The median hourly wage is $23.47. The middle half earn between $22.43 and $28.00 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Elmira, NY?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $22.14 an hour ($46,040 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.43.
Do welders make more in Elmira or New York?: New York pays more: the median is $48,820 in Elmira and $61,680 in New York, a 21% difference.
How does Elmira pay compare with the rest of New York?: The Elmira median of $48,820 is 17% less than the New York median of $59,140.

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 21300 (Elmira, 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 (94.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures