average salary pipeline welder
Average salaries were slightly lower in the District of Columbia, at $51,900 per year; in Wyoming, salaries averaged $46,690 per year. Washington rounded out the list, where pipeline welder salaries averaged $43,150 each year. The highest-paying metropolitan area for the welding occupation was Anchorage, Alaska, where welders earned $60,180 per year on average, the BLS reports.