Welder

Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers — about 7,850 people — is $56,160. Public Works - Street Services pays a median base salary of $107,470 for this role, 91% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Public Works - Street Services is $142,193, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Welder is held in 9 City of Los Angeles departments. In Public Works - Street Services, the median of $142,193 ranks #3 of 9.

This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In City of Los Angeles, the median of $143,835 ranks #4 of 12. See Welder across all of City of Los Angeles →

• Accounting Clerk 10
• Administrative Clerk 24
• Carpenter 20
• Carpenter - Hiring Hall 5
• Cement Finisher 88
• Cement Finisher II - Hiring Hall 18
• Cement Finisher Worker 10
• Civil Engineer 14
• Civil Engineering Associate I 7
• Civil Engineering Associate II 15
• Equipment Operator 82
• Field Engineering Aide 14
• Gardener Caretaker 8
• Geographic Information Specialist 5
• Heavy Duty Truck Operator 100
• Laborer - Group IV - Hiring Hall 15
• Landscape Architect Associate I 5
• Landscape Architectural Associate I 8
• Light Equipment Operator 5
• Maintenance & Construction Helper 15
• Maintenance and Construction Helper Assistant 7
• Maintenance Assistant 6
• Maintenance Laborer 52
• Management Analyst 19
• Motor Sweeper Operator 94
• Plumber 10
• Senior Administrative Clerk 13
• Senior Civil Engineer 7
• Senior Management Analyst I 7
• Senior Street Services Investigator II 8
• Street Services Investigator 30
• Street Services Superintendent I 21
• Street Services Superintendent II 6
• Street Services Supervisor I 44
• Street Services Supervisor II 34
• Street Services Worker I 46
• Street Services Worker II 8
• Street Tree Superintendent I 6
• Systems Analyst 6
• Tree Surgeon 78
• Tree Surgeon Assistant 31
• Tree Surgeon Supervisor I 38
• Tree Surgeon Supervisor II 11
• Truck Operator 19