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Welder salary in Glens Falls, NY

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Glens Falls, NY area earn a median of $59,140 a year, or $28.43 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $74,050. Statewide, welders earn a median of $59,140; Glens Falls is right at that level.

Median yearly pay$59,140
Bottom 10% under$48,290Top 10% over$74,050
Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
$23.22/hr
Jobs in this area
110
After cost of living
$62,340
Median hourly pay
$28.43/hr
vs U.S. median
+10%
vs New York median
0%
Mean (average) pay
$60,020 a year · $28.86 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 24020, Glens Falls, 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 Glens Falls, 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$23.22$48,290
25th percentile$25.49$53,010
Median (50th)$28.43$59,140
75th percentile$33.29$69,230
90th percentile$35.60$74,050

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

How Glens Falls, NY compares

  • Glens Falls ranks 3rd of 12 New York metro areas for welder pay.
  • Welders are less concentrated in the Glens Falls area than nationally: 2.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.81 times the U.S. share.

Other New York metro areas

Other trades in Glens Falls, NY

Questions

Do welders make more in Glens Falls or New York?
New York pays more: the median is $59,140 in Glens Falls 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 24020 (Glens Falls, 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 (94.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures