Do welders make more in Midland or Beaumont?

Midland pays more: the median is $61,410 in Midland and $59,190 in Beaumont, a 4% difference.

Welder salary in Midland, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Midland, TX area earn a median of $61,410 a year, or $29.53 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $89,480. Across all of Texas, the median is $53,340, so Midland pays 15% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$61,410

Bottom 10% under$43,440Top 10% over$89,480

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $20.88/hr
Jobs in this area: 810
After cost of living: $64,110
Median hourly pay: $29.53/hr
vs U.S. median: +14%
vs Texas median: +15%
Mean (average) pay: $65,390 a year · $31.44 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 33260, Midland, 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 Midland, 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	$20.88	$43,440
25th percentile	$23.88	$49,660
Median (50th)	$29.53	$61,410
75th percentile	$39.60	$82,370
90th percentile	$43.02	$89,480

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

How Midland, TX compares

Midland ranks 2nd of 25 Texas metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Midland area than nationally: 6.6 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.5 times the U.S. share.

Other Texas metro areas

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Questions

Do welders make more in Midland or Beaumont?: Midland pays more: the median is $61,410 in Midland and $59,190 in Beaumont, 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 33260 (Midland, 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 (95.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures