Do welders make more in Waco or Beaumont?

Beaumont pays more: the median is $46,380 in Waco and $59,190 in Beaumont, a 22% difference.

Welder salary in Waco, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Waco, TX area earn a median of $46,380 a year, or $22.30 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $62,770. Across all of Texas, the median is $53,340, so Waco pays 13% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$46,380

Bottom 10% under$38,240Top 10% over$62,770

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.39/hr
Jobs in this area: 630
After cost of living: $50,110
Median hourly pay: $22.30/hr
vs U.S. median: −14%
vs Texas median: −13%
Mean (average) pay: $48,970 a year · $23.54 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 47380, Waco, 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 Waco, 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	$18.39	$38,240
25th percentile	$20.20	$42,010
Median (50th)	$22.30	$46,380
75th percentile	$25.26	$52,540
90th percentile	$30.18	$62,770

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

How Waco, TX compares

Waco ranks 19th of 25 Texas metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Waco area than nationally: 4.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.8 times the U.S. share.

Other Texas metro areas

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Questions

Do welders make more in Waco or Beaumont?: Beaumont pays more: the median is $46,380 in Waco and $59,190 in Beaumont, a 22% 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 47380 (Waco, 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 (92.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures