Welder salary in Elmira, NY
Updated September 27, 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.
- Entry-level 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%
- Mean (average) pay
- $52,780 a year · $25.38 an hour
Pay by percentile
What welders in Elmira, 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 | $22.14 | $46,040 |
| 25th percentile | $22.43 | $46,650 |
| Median (50th) | $23.47 | $48,820 |
| 75th percentile | $28.00 | $58,230 |
| 90th percentile | $34.63 | $72,030 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
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.
Other New York metro areas
Other trades in Elmira, NY
Questions
- 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.
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 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures