How much do Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers make in Bismarck, ND?

Percentile spread

For Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers, the published 10th percentile is $48,870 and the 90th percentile is $77,180. The difference is $28,310, which is 45.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $61,530 to the 75th at $62,750, covers $1,220.

The mean annual wage is $64,460, which sits above the median of $62,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bismarck, ND median is 15.3% higher than the national median of $53,750 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $68,114, which is 26.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the North Dakota median of $62,000.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bismarck, ND is 91.024, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $62,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers at $68,114 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Bismarck, ND ranks 2nd of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Minot, ND is 100 miles away, with a median of $62,060 and employment of 80. That median is 0.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,310, against $68,114 here.
• Fargo, ND-MN is 190 miles away, with a median of $61,140 and employment of 690. That median is 1.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,282, against $68,114 here.

Employment share

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers accounts for 0.45% of wage-and-salary employment in Bismarck, ND (320 of 71,270). Nationally the occupation is 0.27% of employment (416,210 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.68 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.