Do welders make more in El Paso or Beaumont?

Beaumont pays more: the median is $45,000 in El Paso and $59,190 in Beaumont, a 24% difference.

Welder salary in El Paso, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the El Paso, TX area earn a median of $45,000 a year, or $21.63 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $64,260. Statewide, welders earn a median of $53,340; El Paso is 16% below it.

Median yearly pay$45,000

Bottom 10% under$29,360Top 10% over$64,260

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $14.12/hr
Jobs in this area: 650
After cost of living: $50,050
Median hourly pay: $21.63/hr
vs U.S. median: −16%
vs Texas median: −16%
Mean (average) pay: $45,780 a year · $22.01 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 21340, El Paso, 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.

Pay by percentile

What welders in El Paso, TX 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	$14.12	$29,360
25th percentile	$17.06	$35,490
Median (50th)	$21.63	$45,000
75th percentile	$25.00	$52,010
90th percentile	$30.89	$64,260

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

How El Paso, TX compares

El Paso ranks 22nd of 25 Texas metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are less concentrated in the El Paso area than nationally: 1.9 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.71 times the U.S. share.

Other Texas metro areas

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Questions

Do welders make more in El Paso or Beaumont?: Beaumont pays more: the median is $45,000 in El Paso and $59,190 in Beaumont, a 24% 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 21340 (El Paso, 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 (89.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures