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

The median hourly wage is $27.69. The middle half earn between $23.33 and $30.03 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Kingston, NY?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.25 an hour ($40,030 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.33.

Do welders make more in Kingston or New York?

New York pays more: the median is $57,600 in Kingston and $61,680 in New York, a 7% difference.

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

The Kingston median of $57,600 is 3% less than the New York median of $59,140.

Welder salary in Kingston, NY

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Kingston, NY area earn a median of $57,600 a year, or $27.69 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $76,230 a year. Statewide, welders earn a median of $59,140; Kingston is 3% below it.

Median yearly pay$57,600

Bottom 10% under$40,030Top 10% over$76,230

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $19.25/hr
Jobs in this area: 120
After cost of living: $57,190
Median hourly pay: $27.69/hr
vs U.S. median: +7%
vs New York median: −3%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 28740, Kingston, 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	$40,030–$48,530$19.25–$23.33/hr
Experienced welder	$57,600$27.69/hr
Top earners	$62,460–$76,230$30.03–$36.65/hr

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

How Kingston, NY compares

Kingston ranks 5th of 12 New York metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Kingston area than nationally: 2.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.78 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $76,230, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $40,030: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Kingston, NY?: Welders in the Kingston, NY area earn a median of $57,600 a year, or $27.69 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $76,230 a year.
How much do welders make an hour in Kingston, NY?: The median hourly wage is $27.69. The middle half earn between $23.33 and $30.03 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Kingston, NY?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $19.25 an hour ($40,030 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.33.
Do welders make more in Kingston or New York?: New York pays more: the median is $57,600 in Kingston and $61,680 in New York, a 7% difference.
How does Kingston pay compare with the rest of New York?: The Kingston median of $57,600 is 3% 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 28740 (Kingston, 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 (100.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures