How much do Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers make in Casper, WY?

Percentile spread

For Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers, the published 10th percentile is $48,450 and the 90th percentile is $89,610. The difference is $41,160, which is 65.7% 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 $56,310 to the 75th at $76,130, covers $19,820.

The mean annual wage is $66,440, which sits above the median of $62,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Casper, WY median is 16.6% higher than the national median of $53,750 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,781, which is 24.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.8% lower than the Wyoming median of $63,820.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Casper, WY is 93.829, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $62,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers at $66,781 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. Casper, WY ranks 1st 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).).

• Cheyenne, WY is 159 miles away, with a median of $59,030 and employment of 180. That median is 5.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,177, against $66,781 here.
• Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is 173 miles away, with a median of $59,660 and employment of 440. That median is 4.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,995, against $66,781 here.

Employment share

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers accounts for 1.2% of wage-and-salary employment in Casper, WY (480 of 40,020). Nationally the occupation is 0.27% of employment (416,210 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.48 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.