Do welders make more in Spokane or Bremerton?

Bremerton pays more: the median is $59,350 in Spokane and $71,720 in Bremerton, a 17% difference.

Welder salary in Spokane, WA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Spokane–Spokane Valley, WA area earn a median of $59,350 a year, or $28.53 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $74,450. That's 6% less than the Washington median of $63,020.

Median yearly pay$59,350

Bottom 10% under$45,090Top 10% over$74,450

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $21.68/hr
Jobs in this area: 630
After cost of living: $59,150
Median hourly pay: $28.53/hr
vs U.S. median: +10%
vs Washington median: −6%
Mean (average) pay: $58,650 a year · $28.20 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 44060, Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA). 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 Spokane, WA 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	$21.68	$45,090
25th percentile	$23.29	$48,450
Median (50th)	$28.53	$59,350
75th percentile	$30.85	$64,160
90th percentile	$35.79	$74,450

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

How Spokane, WA compares

Spokane ranks 9th of 13 Washington metro areas for welder pay.
Welders hold about the same share of jobs in the Spokane area as nationally: 2.5 of every 1,000 jobs.

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Questions

Do welders make more in Spokane or Bremerton?: Bremerton pays more: the median is $59,350 in Spokane and $71,720 in Bremerton, a 17% 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 44060 (Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA). 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 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures