How well are Welders paid?

• In Mohave County wages range from $8.00 to $31.50 per hour
• Students are ranging from $13.00 to 31.50 per hour
• The two students doing underwater welding are receiving $118.00 per hour plus $1.00 for  every 22 ft. they dive, and $1.00 for every foot they go inside something (pipe). They are paid a minimum of four hours per dive. They are paid $37 per hour when traveling to the job site.

• Bureau of Labor Statistics show the median weekly earnings for weldors in 2000 to 2004 were $600 and $596 in 2005 highly-skilled weldors and welding engineers can earn $60,000 a year.