Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Career

The role of Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers is to 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..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $52,640 and $25 per hour. 2 vocational programs could be taken for the Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 421,730 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers is $6,881. The average length of the programs is 902 hours and the average completion time is 9.36 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Welding Engineering Technology/Technician	23	$3,066	$831	1,050 Hours	9.00 Months
Welding Technology/Welder	917	$10,695	$1,266	753 Hours	9.71 Months

Related Occupations to Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.

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Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
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Boilermakers	11,130	$73,840	$36
Sheet Metal Workers	116K	$64,270	$31
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers	16,010	$52,550	$25
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	413K	$63,690	$31
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers	29,810	$62,860	$30
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	47,960	$53,470	$26
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	57,810	$50,640	$24
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	9,170	$47,350	$23
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	179K	$44,260	$21
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	75,260	$44,450	$21
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	13,990	$50,020	$24
Machinists	291K	$54,600	$26
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	128K	$43,990	$21
Tool and Die Makers	58,150	$62,020	$30
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	33,020	$47,120	$23
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	14,950	$46,540	$22
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	6,660	$48,520	$23
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	61,250	$40,360	$19
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	12,290	$41,490	$20

Vocational Programs for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Career

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$25.31

$52,640

Vocational Programs to Prepare Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Career

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