How much do Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers make in Johnson City, TN?

Percentile spread

For Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers, the published 10th percentile is $36,460 and the 90th percentile is $58,700. The difference is $22,240, which is 48.3% 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 $41,100 to the 75th at $53,160, covers $12,060.

The mean annual wage is $47,450, which sits above the median of $46,070. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Johnson City, TN median is 14.3% lower than the national median of $53,750 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,395, which is 2.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.1% lower than the Tennessee median of $48,040.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Johnson City, TN is 87.928, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $46,070 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers at $52,395 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Johnson City, TN ranks 27th of 28 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).).

• Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is 24 miles away, with a median of $55,690 and employment of 450. That median is 20.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,421, against $52,395 here.
• Asheville, NC is 47 miles away, with a median of $52,540 and employment of 290. That median is 14% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,442, against $52,395 here.
• Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 58 miles away, with a median of $46,080 and employment of 450. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,076, against $52,395 here.

Employment share

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers accounts for 0.21% of wage-and-salary employment in Johnson City, TN (170 of 81,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.27% of employment (416,210 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.78 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.