Do welders make more in Odessa or Beaumont?

Odessa pays more: the median is $63,470 in Odessa and $59,190 in Beaumont, a 7% difference.

Welder salary in Odessa, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Odessa, TX area earn a median of $63,470 a year, or $30.51 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $84,090. Statewide, welders earn a median of $53,340; Odessa is 19% above it.

Median yearly pay$63,470

Bottom 10% under$42,590Top 10% over$84,090

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $20.47/hr
Jobs in this area: 790
After cost of living: $67,600
Median hourly pay: $30.51/hr
vs U.S. median: +18%
vs Texas median: +19%
Mean (average) pay: $66,080 a year · $31.77 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 36220, Odessa, 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 Odessa, 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	$20.47	$42,590
25th percentile	$24.02	$49,960
Median (50th)	$30.51	$63,470
75th percentile	$39.26	$81,670
90th percentile	$40.43	$84,090

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

How Odessa, TX compares

Odessa has the highest welder median of the 25 Texas metro areas with published pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Odessa area than nationally: 9.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 3.7 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do welders make more in Odessa or Beaumont?: Odessa pays more: the median is $63,470 in Odessa and $59,190 in Beaumont, a 7% 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 36220 (Odessa, 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 (93.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures