How much do welders make an hour in Ogden, UT?

The median hourly wage is $28.96. The middle half earn between $23.08 and $34.09 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Ogden, UT?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.19 an hour ($44,080 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.08.

Do welders make more in Ogden or Salt Lake City?

Pay is about the same: the median is $60,240 in Ogden and $60,190 in Salt Lake City.

How does Ogden pay compare with the rest of Utah?

The Ogden median of $60,240 is 3% more than the Utah median of $58,380.

Welder salary in Ogden, UT

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Ogden, UT area earn a median of $60,240 a year, or $28.96 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $78,940 a year. Across all of Utah, the median is $58,380, so Ogden pays 3% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$60,240

Bottom 10% under$44,080Top 10% over$78,940

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $21.19/hr
Jobs in this area: 960
After cost of living: $60,030
Median hourly pay: $28.96/hr
vs U.S. median: +12%
vs Utah median: +3%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 36260, Ogden, UT). 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	$44,080–$48,000$21.19–$23.08/hr
Experienced welder	$60,240$28.96/hr
Top earners	$70,910–$78,940$34.09–$37.95/hr

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

How Ogden, UT compares

Ogden has the highest welder median of the 5 Utah metro areas with published pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Ogden area than nationally: 3.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.3 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $78,940, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $44,080: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

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Questions

How much do welders make in Ogden, UT?: Welders in the Ogden, UT area earn a median of $60,240 a year, or $28.96 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $78,940 a year.
How much do welders make an hour in Ogden, UT?: The median hourly wage is $28.96. The middle half earn between $23.08 and $34.09 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Ogden, UT?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.19 an hour ($44,080 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.08.
Do welders make more in Ogden or Salt Lake City?: Pay is about the same: the median is $60,240 in Ogden and $60,190 in Salt Lake City.
How does Ogden pay compare with the rest of Utah?: The Ogden median of $60,240 is 3% more than the Utah median of $58,380.

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 36260 (Ogden, UT). 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 (100.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures