How Much You Should Get PAID for Welding 

Combo welders in the refinery is typically making $32 hr - $ 38 hr Plus perdiem is around $60 - $100 a day That’s in Louisiana And the jobs are temporary Most welding jobs don’t pay all that good They always trying to get the welder at the lowest rate So the company makes the more profit Lots of welding jobs vary In pay The low to mid twenties is the most common

$20 bucks flipping burgers or $20 bucks welding, they’re definitely robbing some welders out there

My dad worked as a part time welder when we was in college he is currently teaching me how to weld

Like this guy he's straight to the point

very important to know that wages also depend on if you travel or not, cost of living in your part of the country, and the quantity and quality of tools the company expects the craftsmen to bring themselves

Ain't no way in hell would I ever weld for $13.00.

This video made me realize I've wasted 15 years in a fab shop. Don't get stuck in a fab shop.

Cheers for the feed back appreciate it. Planning to do a trip over to the US once I’m qualified to learn some more. Hopefully at WWA

You guys seem like down-to-earth Christian folks. I like your humble yet honest ways.

Gotta say, 20 should be a minimum if the parts stick together. Burger joints and big box pay 16-20 for minimal skill jobs. The entire industry has to get together. Y'all are worth more than this. If you're passing xray, it should be 50 min. Rant over.

That spray arc looks awesome good job !!!

Really enjoyed that. This really helps me with knowing what im worth. I reckon Im worth about 17.76 - 24 a hour. Still in welding school though. Hope to come out with yall one day

I make 12.75 as a machine operator/tig welder. Just learned how to tig a year ago. I’m tired of the cheap labor. I’ve endured a year learning how to tig weld. I want to take it further and go to school an better myself.

I am 5 years on welding in many environments. I have had to relocate and take pay cuts due to family care and such. Right now a D.1.1 in 3 and 4 g is getting starting pay at 20 an hour in most Oregon shops with years of experience. And thats welding structural code CMP for transmission and communication towers, including heavy pipe fitting. 😂

James is right know your worth and also know how good your skill is

Depends if your coded on pipework or just welding angle iron

Im making $30/hr tig welding in a shop. Do everything from pharma and food grade stainless tube all the way to sch 160 pipe. We fab up units for Gas, paper, steel industries. Worked on all 300 series stainless, carbon, hastalloy, chromoly and more. Ive been welding for 4 years, thinking about taking on my own business soon.

I've been welding over 30 years now, the tycoons never pay the welders as they should, using highly skilled workers for pennies. So i tried every type of welding, moving from electrode to mig to tig, also trying all kinds of materials. Now I'm in the niche of military grade welding, aluminium, stainless, titanium, and welding planes wings, motor, electric boxes, tank parts, missiles, bombs and so on. Due to the demand worldwide especially this year, it pays the most, and these kind of welders are now the most wanted in the field, that's my recommendation, especially for welders new in the art, to go after things that not many people can do, pays better... good luck to all.

I have been trying to hard to find a shop in my area that will let me work for them one day a week for a few hours so I can learn. I don’t have time for school so learning in the side has to be my best thing.

Local 433 iron workers here in Los Angeles are DESPERATE for structural welders,,,, $55 per hour not to mention local 250 pipe fighters are desperate too,,, $50 per hour,,,,40-90 hours per week and $150 per day subsistence. No end in sight,,, lots of work on the books

That last one blew my mind. Where are you working that $13/hour is acceptable for any job? Even minimum wage here is almost $16/hour

Hi i am indian iti welder student so very nice empress video ❤❤

I was a tool & die maker 23 years ago and TIG welded high speed steel molds and other parts for 10 years. NAFTA took out the job trade. I'm retiring from a 23 year IT computer engineer job. Setup a small shop to TIG/MIG weld and CNC plasma cut. They don't pay welders enough. I'm leaving a 130K a year job at 58 to weld and fab. Seeing 13 and 18 an hour for welders is sad. They should make a lot more. People are making 18 at harbor freight running a cash register!! I'm not doing the move to make lots of money but I enjoy machining. Hoping to make a few bucks doing some fab repair etc...

That last guy is getting the shaft! He needs to ask for a raise or move on. Should be making at least $18-$20. California that weld brings $30-$35.

Love seeing you're videos!

honestly for me im in a weird postion at my company im not just a welder im also a fabricator and a pipe fitter we do anything from making and setting hangars to setting equipment to building giant silos we hold alot of contracts with big food companies setting equiment and fixing current equipment. but we barely get paid 20 to 22 dollars a hour. just doesn't seem right to me

Occasionally my welds aren’t worth what I make

If your independent paying all your expenses how much are you really making? Certified at American Bridge in 1976 and welded on the Walking shovel they were building at the time including all the pipe welding on two 48ft base sections for the boom on a 248ft crane and got complimented by the shovel companies' engineers who had to inspect it for themselves, every weld was x-rayed or UT'd, after it pass visual and a gauge test, never cut out a weld as I never made a bad weld. I think the job paid $5.45 an hour plus benefits, lasted three months. I went elsewhere and became an electrician, no fumes to inhale or other health risk from grinding dust etc., in general a much better trade. Retired in 06 with a full pension. Still weld for myself and since when does any weld become unimportant, rewelded some welds on my father in-laws farm equipment because of poor welding by others. I see a lot of so-called certified welders out there who's welds wouldn't pass visual inspection or a gauge test, what's up with that?

I make $110 a hour or I charge per the job. I’m not reach I just like the time I spend with my family at home being able to work when I feel like it. i ain’t no pipe welder. Just a normal joe

I'd like to hear your guys opinion on laser welding and is it worth the major investment that's all I've picked up was laser welding to practice with

I love your reviews mr James but I wanna see your welds now😂

So many just settle, but your correct be worth your money.

I remember y'all posted to send in photos of welds I forgot how and we're to send the picture hahaha but cool stuff yall

I’m currently station in Norfolk, VA I’m 20 by the time I get out I’ll be 22 yrs old. I want to be a welder when I get out, best advice on the best school to choose and what to graduate with?

great information James, cheers from Florida, Paul 'Paulie' Brown

In autralia alloy welding in a fab shop.. your looking at $100-$110 hr for using mig, $120-$200 hr for tig, stainless steel tig $100-$300 a hr.. So all you American tig'ers get a job in Australia lol

Please make more of these I’ve been waitin for mine to be on here I know it’s not good but I’m still curious so I can see where I’m at and how much further I can go.

We’re do people send in there welds

Tools provided

I agree with this guy

Hey I want to send in some pictures of my welds. I don't do IG or anything how can i do that

74$ an hour minimum lol

1:23 weld on the right here is too fast.

Welders get ripped off

Nice Video I hope you will find my weld 😆

Hope next time you show mine welds💪🏼

I want to see aluminum welders

Half way in and I realized you lost a bit of your finger

Get paid for what you know not for what you do 🤓

Show mine

Damn, welders are getting robbed.

You make more and work way less delivering pizza

What happened to your finger

I think I was to slick to be on the video embarass all the other kids

oh no u run apple eqipment vs android....lol...sad bro...........u wanna pay more for everything??? (mainstream guy?,welders are not that type..)......ugh,,,,,,was gonna sub...but gonna pass...goodluck bro.....android phones/pc,s only watercooled.......(phones) memory,battery replacemenct done in minutes at home.....plus ALL APPS ARE FREE.......apple....lmao,,,,pay for EVERYTHING...PARTS/LABOR...,,,white collare type ppl crap software/hardware..i,ll pass.....goodluck....

$57. Ironworkers 433 in LA. YOU Can make more money in NYC