Average Welders, Cutters, Solderers, And Brazers Salary in Lexington Park, MD

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, And Brazers in Lexington Park, MD earn a median annual salary of $61,380, which is +20.4% compared to the national median. There are 80 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Lexington Park, MD (metro area).

$61,380

Lexington Park, MD median annual wage

$30/hour median

+20.4%

Difference vs national median

National median is $51,000

Local employment

1.2 jobs per 1,000 workers

0.42

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $41,210
25th: $48,510
Median: $61,380
75th: $74,270
90th: $85,020

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Lexington Park, MD, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

100.8%

Exact metro RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$60,917

Goods: 99.7%
Services: 106.4%
Rents: 103.8%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
Fairbanks-College, AK	$83,400	Compare	80
Lima, OH	$83,100	Compare	400
Urban Honolulu, HI	$77,350	Compare	470
Baton Rouge, LA	$75,670	Compare	3,910
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$69,140	Compare	770
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$69,120	Compare	700

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Lexington Park, MD

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Chief Executives	$225,000	0.83
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$223,650	3.12
Physicians, All Other	$209,960	0.94
Computer And Information Systems Managers	$170,460	0.78
Commercial Pilots	$168,470	3.53
Architectural And Engineering Managers	$167,060	1.60
Dentists, General	$160,100	1.26
Software Quality Assurance Analysts And Testers	$159,870	5.00

Lexington Park, MD has salary data for 262 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, And Brazers in Lexington Park, MD

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Welders, Cutters, Solderers, And Brazers are projected to change by +2.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 45,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.