Do welders make more in Medford or Albany?

Albany pays more: the median is $50,270 in Medford and $62,790 in Albany, a 20% difference.

Welder salary in Medford, OR

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Medford, OR area earn a median of $50,270 a year, or $24.17 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $66,090. That's 15% less than the Oregon median of $59,450.

Median yearly pay$50,270

Bottom 10% under$45,660Top 10% over$66,090

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $21.95/hr
Jobs in this area: 200
After cost of living: $49,560
Median hourly pay: $24.17/hr
vs U.S. median: −6%
vs Oregon median: −15%
Mean (average) pay: $53,540 a year · $25.74 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 32780, Medford, OR). 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 Medford, OR 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	$21.95	$45,660
25th percentile	$22.55	$46,900
Median (50th)	$24.17	$50,270
75th percentile	$28.22	$58,700
90th percentile	$31.77	$66,090

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

How Medford, OR compares

Medford has the lowest welder median of the 8 Oregon metro areas with published pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the Medford area than nationally: 2.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.83 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do welders make more in Medford or Albany?: Albany pays more: the median is $50,270 in Medford and $62,790 in Albany, a 20% 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 32780 (Medford, OR). 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 (101.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures