Welders, Cutters & Solderers salary in Erie, PA

Median pay for welders, cutters & solderers in Erie, PA: $48,000/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $35,200 – $76,970 · about 630 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($48,615) by −$615 (-1%).

What it's really worth in Erie

With Erie's cost of living at 92 (US=100), that $48,000 has the buying power of about $52,207 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $59,396 · median home $224,109 · median rent $1,138/mo.

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How Erie ranks for this job

On raw pay, Erie, PA is 105th of the 186 metros we hold welders, cutters & solderers wages for. Once Erie's cost of living is applied, it ranks 75th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Erie is one of the places where welders, cutters & solderers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Erie

A median home in Erie, PA costs $224,109 — about 4.7× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,138/mo works out at 28% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where welders, cutters & solderers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Erie.

Metro	Median pay	vs Erie	Rent vs Erie
Honolulu, HI	$76,540	+59%	2.6×
Baton Rouge, LA	$70,010	+46%	1.2×
Bremerton, WA	$66,310	+38%	1.8×
Virginia Beach, VA	$63,630	+33%	1.6×

Same job elsewhere in PA

Metro	Median pay	vs Erie	Rent vs Erie
Philadelphia, PA	$54,080	+13%	1.7×
Allentown, PA	$50,430	+5%	1.6×
Harrisburg, PA	$50,310	+5%	1.3×
Reading, PA	$49,920	+4%	1.3×

Staying in PA keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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