How much do welders make an hour in Cheyenne, WY?

The median hourly wage is $28.38. The middle half earn between $23.23 and $29.12 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice welders make in Cheyenne, WY?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.73 an hour ($43,110 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.23.

Do welders make more in Cheyenne or Casper?

Casper pays more: the median is $59,030 in Cheyenne and $62,660 in Casper, a 6% difference.

How does Cheyenne pay compare with the rest of Wyoming?

The Cheyenne median of $59,030 is 8% less than the Wyoming median of $63,820.

Welder salary in Cheyenne, WY

Updated September 26, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Welders in the Cheyenne, WY area earn a median of $59,030 a year, or $28.38 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $76,830. Statewide, welders earn a median of $63,820; Cheyenne is 8% below it.

Median yearly pay$59,030

Bottom 10% under$43,110Top 10% over$76,830

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $20.73/hr
Jobs in this area: 180
After cost of living: $61,180
Median hourly pay: $28.38/hr
vs U.S. median: +10%
vs Wyoming median: −8%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 16940, Cheyenne, WY). 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	$43,110–$48,320$20.73–$23.23/hr
Experienced welder	$59,030$28.38/hr
Top earners	$60,560–$76,830$29.12–$36.94/hr

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

How Cheyenne, WY compares

Welders are more concentrated in the Cheyenne area than nationally: 3.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $76,830, is 1.8 times the 10th-percentile wage, $43,110: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Wyoming metro areas

Casper$62,660

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Questions

How much do welders make in Cheyenne, WY?: Welders in the Cheyenne, WY area earn a median of $59,030 a year, or $28.38 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $76,830.
How much do welders make an hour in Cheyenne, WY?: The median hourly wage is $28.38. The middle half earn between $23.23 and $29.12 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice welders make in Cheyenne, WY?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.73 an hour ($43,110 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.23.
Do welders make more in Cheyenne or Casper?: Casper pays more: the median is $59,030 in Cheyenne and $62,660 in Casper, a 6% difference.
How does Cheyenne pay compare with the rest of Wyoming?: The Cheyenne median of $59,030 is 8% less than the Wyoming median of $63,820.

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 16940 (Cheyenne, WY). 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 (96.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 26, 2026. How we calculate these figures