Do welders make more in Youngstown or Cincinnati?

Cincinnati pays more: the median is $47,690 in Youngstown and $51,990 in Cincinnati, a 8% difference.

Welder salary in Youngstown, OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Youngstown–Warren, OH area earn a median of $47,690 a year, or $22.93 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $60,890. Statewide, welders earn a median of $50,340; Youngstown is 5% below it.

Median yearly pay$47,690

Bottom 10% under$38,590Top 10% over$60,890

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.55/hr
Jobs in this area: 680
After cost of living: $54,570
Median hourly pay: $22.93/hr
vs U.S. median: −11%
vs Ohio median: −5%
Mean (average) pay: $49,900 a year · $23.99 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 49660, Youngstown-Warren, 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 Youngstown, 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	$18.55	$38,590
25th percentile	$21.21	$44,110
Median (50th)	$22.93	$47,690
75th percentile	$26.75	$55,640
90th percentile	$29.27	$60,890

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

How Youngstown, OH compares

Youngstown ranks 13th of 15 Ohio metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Youngstown area than nationally: 4.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.6 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do welders make more in Youngstown or Cincinnati?: Cincinnati pays more: the median is $47,690 in Youngstown and $51,990 in Cincinnati, a 8% 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 49660 (Youngstown-Warren, 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 (87.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures