How much do Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers make in Mansfield, OH?

Percentile spread

For Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers, the published 10th percentile is $36,320 and the 90th percentile is $60,620. The difference is $24,300, which is 56.4% 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 $36,800 to the 75th at $48,550, covers $11,750.

The mean annual wage is $45,540, which sits above the median of $43,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Mansfield, OH median is 19.8% lower than the national median of $53,750 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,519, which is 9.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.3% lower than the Ohio median of $50,340.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mansfield, OH is 88.872, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $43,120 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers at $48,519 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

33 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Mansfield, OH ranks 34th of 34 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).).

• Sandusky, OH is 53 miles away, with a median of $47,900 and employment of 200. That median is 11.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,651, against $48,519 here.
• Columbus, OH is 58 miles away, with a median of $51,260 and employment of 2,190. That median is 18.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,693, against $48,519 here.
• Canton-Massillon, OH is 67 miles away, with a median of $50,510 and employment of 860. That median is 17.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,495, against $48,519 here.

Employment share

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers accounts for 0.72% of wage-and-salary employment in Mansfield, OH (350 of 48,770). Nationally the occupation is 0.27% of employment (416,210 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.68 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.