Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Salary — Reading, Pennsylvania

The average Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in Reading, Pennsylvania earns $54,910 a year.

$54,910 / year, mean
↓ 4.3% below national average 56th percentile in Pennsylvania

Reading sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Pennsylvania — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
870
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.0%
Cost of living 97 #83 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $312,348 #94 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $77,684 #58 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Reading ranks #83 for cost of living and #94 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Bremerton $76,990 Kennewick $70,830 San Francisco $70,680 San Jose $69,120 Seattle $68,440 Vallejo $68,110 New York $67,430 Napa $67,150 Baltimore $66,190 Odessa $66,080 Midland $65,390 San Diego $65,350 Bellingham $65,100 Bay City $64,860 Atlantic City $64,790 Portland $64,170 Staunton $63,600 Mount Vernon $63,350 Lexington Park $63,010 Olympia $62,740 Beaumont $62,080 Virginia Beach $62,000 Albany $61,850 Salisbury $61,690 Peoria $61,580 Santa Rosa $61,320 Salinas $61,120 Sacramento $60,940 Kiryas Joel $60,680 Philadelphia $60,650 Albany $60,440 El Centro $60,400 Los Angeles $60,120 Longview $60,090 Glens Falls $60,020 Richmond $59,720 Trenton $59,610 Yuba City $59,610 Houston $59,530 San Luis Obispo $59,220 Santa Maria $59,170 Walla Walla $59,170 Charlottesville $59,160 Bakersfield $58,650 Spokane $58,650 Austin $58,630 Santa Cruz $58,570 Oxnard $58,550 Syracuse $58,550 Elizabethtown $58,450 Kingston $58,350 Decatur $58,230 Naples $58,220 Wheeling $57,940 Corpus Christi $57,770 Ann Arbor $57,750 Corvallis $57,710 Modesto $57,620 Pittsburgh $57,520 Riverside $57,320 Kokomo $57,270 Redding $56,980 Stockton $56,900 Bend $56,870 Yakima $56,860 Buffalo $56,810 Elkhart $56,770 Jackson $56,740 Allentown $56,650 Miami $56,640 Chambersburg $56,580 Salem $56,570 Hagerstown $56,510 Harrisburg $56,470 Chicago $56,180 York $56,170 Lynchburg $56,090 Lancaster $56,020 Rochester $55,910 Detroit $55,900 Dallas $55,890 Lansing $55,850 Fresno $55,810 Eugene $55,790 Indianapolis $55,770 Vineland $55,710 Weirton $55,690 Roanoke $55,660 Evansville $55,640 Sarasota $55,530 Port St. Lucie $55,320 Ithaca $55,300 College Station $55,290 Winchester $55,210 Fort Myers $55,170 Michigan City $55,070 Lexington $55,020 Reading $54,910 Harrisonburg $54,870 Erie $54,860 Niles $54,830 Crestview $54,800 Louisville $54,800 Dover $54,560 Blacksburg $54,550 Grants Pass $54,530 Jacksonville $54,530 Saginaw $54,360 Battle Creek $54,230 Orlando $54,220 Scranton $54,100 Wenatchee $54,070 Beckley $54,060 Sherman $54,050 Charleston $53,950 Victoria $53,940 Longview $53,890 Amarillo $53,830 Medford $53,540 Flint $53,480 Gettysburg $53,440 Binghamton $53,380 Rockford $53,380 Lebanon $53,300 Tampa $53,300 San Antonio $53,210 Chico $53,120 Hanford $53,050 Killeen $52,990 Midland $52,990 Springfield $52,990 Williamsport $52,920 Altoona $52,880 Traverse City $52,850 Elmira $52,780 Muncie $52,720 Utica $52,700 Abilene $52,580 Monroe $52,480 Merced $52,470 Pensacola $52,290 Paducah $52,270 Fort Wayne $52,210 Lakeland $52,210 Morgantown $52,140 Bowling Green $52,110 Grand Rapids $51,840 Homosassa Springs $51,800 Palm Bay $51,760 Champaign $51,710 Kalamazoo $51,690 Lafayette $51,670 Panama City $51,560 Parkersburg $51,550 Muskegon $51,470 Sebastian $51,330 Visalia $51,310 South Bend $51,160 Huntington $51,010 Kankakee $50,870 Punta Gorda $50,840 State College $50,810 Columbus $50,690 Owensboro $50,690 Tallahassee $50,540 Bloomington $50,340 Wichita Falls $50,320 Lubbock $49,940 Deltona $49,880 San Angelo $49,710 Terre Haute $49,380 Sebring $49,290 Laredo $49,230 Gainesville $49,180 Ocala $49,120 Waco $48,970 Brownsville $48,680 Bloomington $47,750 Johnstown $47,730 Tyler $47,650 Wildwood $46,750 Texarkana $46,020 El Paso $45,780 McAllen $43,030
CityMean salaryvs. Reading
Abilene, Texas$52,580-4.2%
Albany, Oregon$61,850+12.6%
Albany, New York$60,440+10.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$56,650+3.2%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$52,880-3.7%
Amarillo, Texas$53,830-2.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$57,750+5.2%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$64,790+18.0%
Austin, Texas$58,630+6.8%
Bakersfield, California$58,650+6.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$66,190+20.5%
Battle Creek, Michigan$54,230-1.2%
Bay City, Michigan$64,860+18.1%
Beaumont, Texas$62,080+13.1%
Beckley, West Virginia$54,060-1.5%
Bellingham, Washington$65,100+18.6%
Bend, Oregon$56,870+3.6%
Binghamton, New York$53,380-2.8%
Blacksburg, Virginia$54,550-0.7%
Bloomington, Illinois$47,750-13.0%
Bloomington, Indiana$50,340-8.3%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$52,110-5.1%
Bremerton, Washington$76,990+40.2%
Brownsville, Texas$48,680-11.3%
Buffalo, New York$56,810+3.5%
Fort Myers, Florida$55,170+0.5%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$56,580+3.0%
Champaign, Illinois$51,710-5.8%
Charleston, West Virginia$53,950-1.7%
Charlottesville, Virginia$59,160+7.7%
Chicago, Illinois$56,180+2.3%
Chico, California$53,120-3.3%
College Station, Texas$55,290+0.7%
Columbus, Indiana$50,690-7.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$57,770+5.2%
Corvallis, Oregon$57,710+5.1%
Crestview, Florida$54,800-0.2%
Dallas, Texas$55,890+1.8%
Decatur, Illinois$58,230+6.0%
Deltona, Florida$49,880-9.2%
Detroit, Michigan$55,900+1.8%
Dover, Delaware$54,560-0.6%
El Centro, California$60,400+10.0%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$58,450+6.4%
Elkhart, Indiana$56,770+3.4%
Elmira, New York$52,780-3.9%
El Paso, Texas$45,780-16.6%
Erie, Pennsylvania$54,860-0.1%
Eugene, Oregon$55,790+1.6%
Evansville, Indiana$55,640+1.3%
Flint, Michigan$53,480-2.6%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$52,210-4.9%
Fresno, California$55,810+1.6%
Gainesville, Florida$49,180-10.4%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$53,440-2.7%
Glens Falls, New York$60,020+9.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$51,840-5.6%
Grants Pass, Oregon$54,530-0.7%
Hagerstown, Maryland$56,510+2.9%
Hanford, California$53,050-3.4%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$56,470+2.8%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$54,870-0.1%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$51,800-5.7%
Houston, Texas$59,530+8.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$51,010-7.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$55,770+1.6%
Ithaca, New York$55,300+0.7%
Jackson, Michigan$56,740+3.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$54,530-0.7%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$47,730-13.1%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$51,690-5.9%
Kankakee, Illinois$50,870-7.4%
Kennewick, Washington$70,830+29.0%
Killeen, Texas$52,990-3.5%
Kingston, New York$58,350+6.3%
Kiryas Joel, New York$60,680+10.5%
Kokomo, Indiana$57,270+4.3%
Lafayette, Indiana$51,670-5.9%
Lakeland, Florida$52,210-4.9%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$56,020+2.0%
Lansing, Michigan$55,850+1.7%
Laredo, Texas$49,230-10.3%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$53,300-2.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$55,020+0.2%
Lexington Park, Maryland$63,010+14.8%
Longview, Texas$53,890-1.9%
Longview, Washington$60,090+9.4%
Los Angeles, California$60,120+9.5%
Louisville, Kentucky$54,800-0.2%
Lubbock, Texas$49,940-9.1%
Lynchburg, Virginia$56,090+2.1%
McAllen, Texas$43,030-21.6%
Medford, Oregon$53,540-2.5%
Merced, California$52,470-4.4%
Miami, Florida$56,640+3.2%
Michigan City, Indiana$55,070+0.3%
Midland, Michigan$52,990-3.5%
Midland, Texas$65,390+19.1%
Modesto, California$57,620+4.9%
Monroe, Michigan$52,480-4.4%
Morgantown, West Virginia$52,140-5.0%
Mount Vernon, Washington$63,350+15.4%
Muncie, Indiana$52,720-4.0%
Muskegon, Michigan$51,470-6.3%
Napa, California$67,150+22.3%
Naples, Florida$58,220+6.0%
New York, New York$67,430+22.8%
Niles, Michigan$54,830-0.1%
Sarasota, Florida$55,530+1.1%
Ocala, Florida$49,120-10.5%
Odessa, Texas$66,080+20.3%
Olympia, Washington$62,740+14.3%
Orlando, Florida$54,220-1.3%
Owensboro, Kentucky$50,690-7.7%
Oxnard, California$58,550+6.6%
Paducah, Kentucky$52,270-4.8%
Palm Bay, Florida$51,760-5.7%
Panama City, Florida$51,560-6.1%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$51,550-6.1%
Pensacola, Florida$52,290-4.8%
Peoria, Illinois$61,580+12.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$60,650+10.5%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$57,520+4.8%
Portland, Oregon$64,170+16.9%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$55,320+0.7%
Punta Gorda, Florida$50,840-7.4%
Redding, California$56,980+3.8%
Richmond, Virginia$59,720+8.8%
Riverside, California$57,320+4.4%
Roanoke, Virginia$55,660+1.4%
Rochester, New York$55,910+1.8%
Rockford, Illinois$53,380-2.8%
Sacramento, California$60,940+11.0%
Saginaw, Michigan$54,360-1.0%
Salem, Oregon$56,570+3.0%
Salinas, California$61,120+11.3%
Salisbury, Maryland$61,690+12.3%
San Angelo, Texas$49,710-9.5%
San Antonio, Texas$53,210-3.1%
San Diego, California$65,350+19.0%
San Francisco, California$70,680+28.7%
San Jose, California$69,120+25.9%
San Luis Obispo, California$59,220+7.8%
Santa Cruz, California$58,570+6.7%
Santa Maria, California$59,170+7.8%
Santa Rosa, California$61,320+11.7%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$54,100-1.5%
Seattle, Washington$68,440+24.6%
Sebastian, Florida$51,330-6.5%
Sebring, Florida$49,290-10.2%
Sherman, Texas$54,050-1.6%
South Bend, Indiana$51,160-6.8%
Spokane, Washington$58,650+6.8%
Springfield, Illinois$52,990-3.5%
State College, Pennsylvania$50,810-7.5%
Staunton, Virginia$63,600+15.8%
Stockton, California$56,900+3.6%
Syracuse, New York$58,550+6.6%
Tallahassee, Florida$50,540-8.0%
Tampa, Florida$53,300-2.9%
Terre Haute, Indiana$49,380-10.1%
Texarkana, Texas$46,020-16.2%
Traverse City, Michigan$52,850-3.8%
Trenton, New Jersey$59,610+8.6%
Tyler, Texas$47,650-13.2%
Utica, New York$52,700-4.0%
Vallejo, California$68,110+24.0%
Victoria, Texas$53,940-1.8%
Vineland, New Jersey$55,710+1.5%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$62,000+12.9%
Visalia, California$51,310-6.6%
Waco, Texas$48,970-10.8%
Walla Walla, Washington$59,170+7.8%
Weirton, West Virginia$55,690+1.4%
Wenatchee, Washington$54,070-1.5%
Wheeling, West Virginia$57,940+5.5%
Wichita Falls, Texas$50,320-8.4%
Wildwood, Florida$46,750-14.9%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$52,920-3.6%
Winchester, Virginia$55,210+0.5%
Yakima, Washington$56,860+3.6%
York, Pennsylvania$56,170+2.3%
Yuba City, California$59,610+8.6%
Gross salary
54,910/yr
Estimated take-home
44,614/yr
Est. total withheld
18.7%

Single filer, federal + Pennsylvania state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-4121 SOC code
Official area Reading, PA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 39740 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
429,989