Welder salary in Pittsburgh, PA
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Welders in the Pittsburgh, PA area earn a median of $53,610 a year, or $25.78 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $75,780 a year. That's 1% more than the Pennsylvania median of $52,900.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $20.81/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 3,600
- After cost of living
- $56,630
- Median hourly pay
- $25.78/hr
- vs U.S. median
- 0%
- vs Pennsylvania median
- +1%
- Mean (average) pay
- $57,520 a year · $27.66 an hour
Pay by percentile
What welders in Pittsburgh, PA 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 | $20.81 | $43,280 |
| 25th percentile | $22.83 | $47,480 |
| Median (50th) | $25.78 | $53,610 |
| 75th percentile | $30.35 | $63,120 |
| 90th percentile | $36.44 | $75,780 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Pittsburgh, PA compares
- Pittsburgh ranks 6th of 16 Pennsylvania metro areas for welder pay.
- Welders are more concentrated in the Pittsburgh area than nationally: 3.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.2 times the U.S. share.
Other Pennsylvania metro areas
Other trades in Pittsburgh, PA
Questions
- Do welders make more in Pittsburgh or Philadelphia?
- Philadelphia pays more: the median is $53,610 in Pittsburgh and $58,380 in Philadelphia, 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 38300 (Pittsburgh, PA). 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 (94.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures