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Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

SOC 51-4121 · 2024-2034

Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand-soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$59,385per year
Projected openings
28,860
Projected change
+3.2%
Usually needs
High school diploma or equivalent

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Quality Control Analysis
  2. Monitoring
  3. Judgment and Decision Making
  4. Critical Thinking
  5. Operations Monitoring
  6. Time Management

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$70,425520
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$69,3151,380
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$65,1701,520
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$64,4313,140
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$64,349370
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$60,779370
Napa MSA (Napa County)$60,450100
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$60,399240
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$60,2451,120
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$59,7425,570
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$59,4482,710
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$59,424100
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$58,306260
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$58,132110
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$57,3311,870
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$55,731130
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$52,684300
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$51,648710
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$51,56570
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$51,4834,470
Chico MSA (Butte County)$51,258170
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$51,052690
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$50,180120
Merced MSA (Merced County)$49,975300
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$49,975520
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$49,9241,220
Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties)$49,185160
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$48,713500
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)$47,10280
San Rafael MD (Marin County)Not reported60

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,0571,830-16%
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$58,9042,460-20%
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers$65,0922,580-13.3%
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers$47,878960-16.7%
Tool and Die Makers$78,7881,520-11.1%
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$47,4283,500-2.9%

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