Do welders make more in Lima or Cincinnati?

Lima pays more: the median is $85,790 in Lima and $51,990 in Cincinnati, a 65% difference.

Welder salary in Lima, OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Lima, OH area earn a median of $85,790 a year, or $41.25 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $85,790. Across all of Ohio, the median is $50,340, so Lima pays 70% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$85,790

Bottom 10% under$44,610Top 10% over$85,790

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $21.45/hr
Jobs in this area: 470
After cost of living: $95,670
Median hourly pay: $41.25/hr
vs U.S. median: +60%
vs Ohio median: +70%
Mean (average) pay: $70,930 a year · $34.10 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 30620, Lima, OH). 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 Lima, OH 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	$21.45	$44,610
25th percentile	$25.81	$53,680
Median (50th)	$41.25	$85,790
75th percentile	$41.25	$85,790
90th percentile	$41.25	$85,790

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

How Lima, OH compares

Lima has the highest welder median of the 15 Ohio metro areas with published pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Lima area than nationally: 9.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 3.5 times the U.S. share.

Other Ohio metro areas

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Questions

Do welders make more in Lima or Cincinnati?: Lima pays more: the median is $85,790 in Lima and $51,990 in Cincinnati, a 65% 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 30620 (Lima, OH). 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 (89.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures