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Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in Utah

Considering working as a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in Utah? Here’s what the data says. 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.

What do Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Make in Utah?

For a welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers working in Utah, the typical annual salary is $56,050 per year (or about $26.95/hour).Earnings range from $39,820 at the 10th percentile to $78,300 at the 90th percentile.

Wage Statistic	Annual	Hourly
10th percentile	$39,820	$19.14
25th percentile	$47,530	$22.85
Median (50th)	$56,050	$26.95
75th percentile	$64,780	$31.14
90th percentile	$78,300	$37.65

The location quotient — a measure of how concentrated this occupation is in Utah relative to the national average — is 0.90.

National Wage Comparison

Nationally, welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers earn a median of $60,230 per year ($28.96/hour), below the Utah median.

Employment Outlook

Nationally, total employment in this occupation is 231,383 welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in the U.S.. In Utah alone, about 4,230 people work in this role. That’s fewer than the typical state, which employs around 6,310 welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers.

Top Utah Metros for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

The largest metro-area employers of welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in Utah.

Metro Area	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	1,370	$58,930
Ogden, UT	1,060	$56,960
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	680	$50,490
Logan, UT-ID	270	$47,150
St. George, UT	160	$47,740

Top States for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Employment

View the states that employ the most welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers work.

State	Number Employed
Texas	56,650
California	26,100
Ohio	20,110
Illinois	17,340
Wisconsin	16,820
Florida	16,390
Pennsylvania	16,060
Georgia	14,030
Michigan	13,640
Indiana	13,260
Tennessee	12,610
Alabama	12,570
Louisiana	12,360
North Carolina	12,020
Virginia	10,690
Missouri	10,270
Oklahoma	9,780
Minnesota	9,420
Iowa	9,250
New York	7,810

Highest-Paying States for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

The highest-paying states for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers.

State	Annual Median Salary
Hawaii	$76,970
Alaska	$75,140
Wyoming	$66,070
Connecticut	$64,520
Washington	$61,730
Massachusetts	$61,710
North Dakota	$60,270
Louisiana	$59,860
New Jersey	$59,630
Nevada	$59,370

Skills

Key welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers skills, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Knowledge Areas

Important knowledge areas for this occupation, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Abilities

Top abilities for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Daily Tasks

Common tasks include:

• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
• Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.
• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
• Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
• Align and clamp workpieces together, using rules, squares, or hand tools, or position items in fixtures, jigs, or vises.
• Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.
• Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools.

Work Activities

• Getting Information
• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Handling and Moving Objects
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Performing General Physical Activities
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Controlling Machines and Processes
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
• Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work

Tools & Technology

Technologies frequently used: Hot technologies: Microsoft Excel

What Major Will Prepare You For This Career?

Programs that train for this career include:

• Precision Metal Working
• Industrial Production Technology

Related Careers

Other careers like welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers include:

• Boilermakers
• Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
• Industrial Machinery Mechanics
• Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
• Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
• Engine and Other Machine Assemblers

Also Known As

Acetylene Burner, Acetylene Cutter, Acetylene Operator, Acetylene Torch Burner, Acetylene Torch Operator, Acetylene Torch Solderer, Aluminum Welder, Arc Cutter, Arc Wedler, Arc Welder, Assembler Brazer, Assembly Line Brazer, Atomic Welder, Bar Welder, Barrel Ribs Solderer.

References

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — https://www.bls.gov/oes/
• O*NET Online — https://www.onetonline.org/
• BLS Employment Projections — https://www.bls.gov/emp/
• O*NET-SOC code: 51-4121.00