Do welders make more in Weirton or Washington?

Washington pays more: the median is $55,410 in Weirton and $60,670 in Washington, a 9% difference.

Welder salary in Weirton, WV-OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH area earn a median of $55,410 a year, or $26.64 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $87,110. That's 14% more than the West Virginia median of $48,810.

Median yearly pay$55,410

Bottom 10% under$37,720Top 10% over$87,110

Entry-level starting pay (estimate): $18.14/hr
Jobs in this area: 180
After cost of living: $62,240
Median hourly pay: $26.64/hr
vs U.S. median: +3%
vs West Virginia median: +14%
Mean (average) pay: $55,690 a year · $26.77 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 48260, Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH). 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 Weirton, WV-OH 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	$18.14	$37,720
25th percentile	$20.45	$42,540
Median (50th)	$26.64	$55,410
75th percentile	$29.51	$61,380
90th percentile	$41.88	$87,110

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

How Weirton, WV-OH compares

Weirton ranks 3rd of 10 West Virginia metro areas for welder pay.
Welders are more concentrated in the Weirton area than nationally: 4.9 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.8 times the U.S. share.

Other West Virginia metro areas

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Questions

Do welders make more in Weirton or Washington?: Washington pays more: the median is $55,410 in Weirton and $60,670 in Washington, a 9% 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 48260 (Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH). 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 (89.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures