How much do Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT?

Percentile spread

For Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $44,380 and the 90th percentile is $79,020. The difference is $34,640, which is 53.8% 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 $54,950 to the 75th at $79,020, covers $24,070.

The mean annual wage is $65,410, which sits above the median of $64,380. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT median is 34.3% 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 $64,095, which is 33.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 34.4% higher than the Connecticut median of $47,900.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is 100.445, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $64,380 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $64,095 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT ranks 1st of 14 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).).

• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 27 miles away, with a median of $49,780 and employment of 180. That median is 22.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,450, against $64,095 here.
• New Haven, CT is 40 miles away, with a median of $48,320 and employment of 70. That median is 24.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,213, against $64,095 here.
• Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 45 miles away, with a median of $48,820 and employment of 240. That median is 24.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,970, against $64,095 here.

Employment share

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT (40 of 126,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,600 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.56 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.