How much do Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN?

Percentile spread

For Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $39,890 and the 90th percentile is $64,700. The difference is $24,810, which is 48.9% 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 $47,800 to the 75th at $57,360, covers $9,560.

The mean annual wage is $52,160, which sits above the median of $50,740. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN median is 5.9% higher than the national median of $47,920 for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $54,516, which is 13.8% 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 Kentucky median of $50,740.

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Kentucky, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 93.074, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $50,740 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $54,516 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ranks 2nd of 12 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).).

• Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 89 miles away, with a median of $46,280 and employment of 420. That median is 8.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,527, against $54,516 here.
• Evansville, IN is 103 miles away, with a median of $44,240 and employment of 50. That median is 12.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,335, against $54,516 here.
• Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 111 miles away, with a median of $38,970 and employment of 550. That median is 23.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,723, against $54,516 here.

Employment share

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN (460 of 685,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,600 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.30 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.