How much do Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders make in Springfield, MO?

Percentile spread

For Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $42,400 and the 90th percentile is $59,760. The difference is $17,360, which is 29.8% 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 $46,960 to the 75th at $58,330, covers $11,370.

The mean annual wage is $53,520, which sits below the median of $58,320. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Springfield, MO median is 21.7% 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 $65,835, which is 37.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.8% higher than the Missouri median of $56,210.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Springfield, MO is 88.585, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,320 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders at $65,835 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Springfield, MO ranks 2nd of 6 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).).

• Kansas City, MO-KS is 128 miles away, with a median of $56,320 and employment of 90. That median is 3.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,858, against $65,835 here.
• Fort Smith, AR-OK is 151 miles away, with a median of $43,450 and employment of 40. That median is 25.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,589, against $65,835 here.
• St. Louis, MO-IL is 181 miles away, with a median of $60,600 and employment of 180. That median is 3.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,730, against $65,835 here.

Employment share

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Springfield, MO (50 of 223,030). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,600 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.10 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.