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Welders, Cutters & Solderers salary in Las Vegas, NV

Median pay for welders, cutters & solderers in Las Vegas, NV: $52,710/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $37,360 – $79,830 · about 1,040 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($48,615) by +$4,095 (+8%).

What it's really worth in Las Vegas

With Las Vegas's cost of living at 98 (US=100), that $52,710 has the buying power of about $53,629 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $69,911 · median home $430,650 · median rent $1,737/mo.

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How Las Vegas ranks for this job

On raw pay, Las Vegas, NV is 44th of the 186 metros we hold welders, cutters & solderers wages for. Once Las Vegas's cost of living is applied, it ranks 46th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Las Vegas sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Las Vegas

A median home in Las Vegas, NV costs $430,650 — about 8.2× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,737/mo works out at 40% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

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 Las Vegas.

MetroMedian payvs Las VegasRent vs Las Vegas
Honolulu, HI $76,540 +45% 1.7×
Baton Rouge, LA $70,010 +33% 0.8×
Bremerton, WA $66,310 +26% 1.2×
Virginia Beach, VA $63,630 +21% 1.1×

Same job elsewhere in NV

MetroMedian payvs Las VegasRent vs Las Vegas
Reno, NV $54,680 +4% 1.1×

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

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 186 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.