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

The median hourly wage is $26.04. The middle half earn between $23.35 and $29.49 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Ithaca, NY?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.07 an hour ($43,830 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.35.

Do welders make more in Ithaca or New York?

New York pays more: the median is $54,170 in Ithaca and $61,680 in New York, a 12% difference.

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

The Ithaca median of $54,170 is 8% less than the New York median of $59,140.

Welder salary in Ithaca, NY

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Ithaca, NY area earn a median of $54,170 a year, or $26.04 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $64,580. Across all of New York, the median is $59,140, so Ithaca pays 8% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$54,170

Bottom 10% under$43,830Top 10% over$64,580

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $21.07/hr
Jobs in this area: 30
After cost of living: $52,430
Median hourly pay: $26.04/hr
vs U.S. median: +1%
vs New York median: −8%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 27060, Ithaca, 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	$43,830–$48,580$21.07–$23.35/hr
Experienced welder	$54,170$26.04/hr
Top earners	$61,340–$64,580$29.49–$31.05/hr

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

How Ithaca, NY compares

Ithaca ranks 9th of 12 New York metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Ithaca area than nationally: 0.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.23 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $64,580, is 1.5 times the 10th-percentile wage, $43,830: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Ithaca, NY?: Welders in the Ithaca, NY area earn a median of $54,170 a year, or $26.04 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $64,580.
How much do welders make an hour in Ithaca, NY?: The median hourly wage is $26.04. The middle half earn between $23.35 and $29.49 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Ithaca, NY?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.07 an hour ($43,830 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.35.
Do welders make more in Ithaca or New York?: New York pays more: the median is $54,170 in Ithaca and $61,680 in New York, a 12% difference.
How does Ithaca pay compare with the rest of New York?: The Ithaca median of $54,170 is 8% 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 27060 (Ithaca, 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 (103.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures