How much do welders make an hour in Corpus Christi, TX?

The median hourly wage is $28.58. The middle half earn between $21.06 and $34.18 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Corpus Christi, TX?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.45 an hour ($38,380 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.06.

Do welders make more in Corpus Christi or Beaumont?

Pay is about the same: the median is $59,450 in Corpus Christi and $59,190 in Beaumont.

How does Corpus Christi pay compare with the rest of Texas?

The Corpus Christi median of $59,450 is 11% more than the Texas median of $53,340.

Welder salary in Corpus Christi, TX

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Corpus Christi, TX area earn a median of $59,450 a year, or $28.58 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $76,120 a year. That's 11% more than the Texas median of $53,340.

Median yearly pay$59,450

Bottom 10% under$38,380Top 10% over$76,120

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.45/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,280
After cost of living: $64,150
Median hourly pay: $28.58/hr
vs U.S. median: +11%
vs Texas median: +11%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 18580, Corpus Christi, TX). 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.

Entry-level to top welder pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Entry level	$38,380–$43,810$18.45–$21.06/hr
Experienced welder	$59,450$28.58/hr
Top earners	$71,090–$76,120$34.18–$36.60/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Corpus Christi, TX compares

Corpus Christi ranks 3rd of 25 Texas metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Corpus Christi area than nationally: 6.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.5 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $76,120, is 2.0 times the 10th-percentile wage, $38,380: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Corpus Christi, TX?: Welders in the Corpus Christi, TX area earn a median of $59,450 a year, or $28.58 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $76,120 a year.
How much do welders make an hour in Corpus Christi, TX?: The median hourly wage is $28.58. The middle half earn between $21.06 and $34.18 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Corpus Christi, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.45 an hour ($38,380 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.06.
Do welders make more in Corpus Christi or Beaumont?: Pay is about the same: the median is $59,450 in Corpus Christi and $59,190 in Beaumont.
How does Corpus Christi pay compare with the rest of Texas?: The Corpus Christi median of $59,450 is 11% more than the Texas median of $53,340.

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 18580 (Corpus Christi, TX). 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 (92.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures