Welder salary in Hilton Head Island, SC
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Welders in the Hilton Head Island–Bluffton–Port Royal, SC area earn a median of $54,030 a year, or $25.98 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $70,810 a year. Across all of South Carolina, the median is $49,980, so Hilton Head Island pays 8% more than the state as a whole.
- Entry-level starting pay (estimate)
- $18.75/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 90
- After cost of living
- $55,120
- Median hourly pay
- $25.98/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +1%
- vs South Carolina median
- +8%
- Mean (average) pay
- $54,800 a year · $26.35 an hour
Pay by percentile
What welders in Hilton Head Island, SC 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 | $18.75 | $38,990 |
| 25th percentile | $21.86 | $45,480 |
| Median (50th) | $25.98 | $54,030 |
| 75th percentile | $29.03 | $60,370 |
| 90th percentile | $34.04 | $70,810 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Hilton Head Island, SC compares
- Hilton Head Island ranks 3rd of 10 South Carolina metro areas for welder pay.
- Welders are less concentrated in the Hilton Head Island area than nationally: 1.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.42 times the U.S. share.
Other South Carolina metro areas
Other trades in Hilton Head Island, SC
Questions
- Do welders make more in Hilton Head Island or Charlotte?
- Charlotte pays more: the median is $54,030 in Hilton Head Island and $56,070 in Charlotte, a 4% 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 25940 (Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC). 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 (98.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures