SOC 51-4121 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers make in Flagstaff, AZ?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in Flagstaff, AZ is $54,460. The 10th percentile is $40,770 and the 90th percentile is $100,470. Employment is 60.
Median annual wage
$54,460
- 10th percentile
- $40,770
- 25th percentile
- $47,530
- Median
- $54,460
- 75th percentile
- $69,240
- 90th percentile
- $100,470
- Mean
- $61,560
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers, the published 10th percentile is $40,770 and the 90th percentile is $100,470. The difference is $59,700, which is 109.6% 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 $47,530 to the 75th at $69,240, covers $21,710.
The mean annual wage is $61,560, which sits above the median of $54,460. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Flagstaff, AZ median is 1.3% higher than the national median of $53,750 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $54,284, which is 1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 2.1% lower than the Arizona median of $55,600.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Flagstaff, AZ is 100.325, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $54,460 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers at $54,284 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Flagstaff, AZ ranks 4th of 7 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).).
- Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ is 94 miles away, with a median of $51,300 and employment of 200. That median is 5.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,211, against $54,284 here.
- Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ is 111 miles away, with a median of $50,030 and employment of 110. That median is 8.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,168, against $54,284 here.
- St. George, UT is 137 miles away, with a median of $50,890 and employment of 160. That median is 6.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,291, against $54,284 here.
Employment share
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Flagstaff, AZ (60 of 66,610). Nationally the occupation is 0.27% of employment (416,210 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.34 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Flagstaff, AZ · Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers make in Flagstaff, AZ?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in Flagstaff, AZ is $54,460. The 10th percentile is $40,770 and the 90th percentile is $100,470. Employment is 60.
How does that compare with the national median for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers?
The local median is 1.3% higher than the national median of $53,750.
What is Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers pay in Flagstaff, AZ after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Flagstaff, AZ is 100.325, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $54,460 is $54,284. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Flagstaff, AZ compare with nearby metros for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers?
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 94 miles away, at $51,300. Flagstaff, AZ ranks 4th of 7 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.