Welder

Across all employers in Minnesota, the median wage for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers — about 9,270 people — is $60,280. MN St Colleges & Universities pays a median base salary of $68,695 for this role, 14% above that figure — about the 80th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at MN St Colleges & Universities is $69,833, 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 5 Minnesota departments. In MN St Colleges & Universities, the median of $69,833 ranks #2 of 5.

This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In Minnesota, the median of $69,392 ranks #8 of 12. See Welder across all of Minnesota →

• Account Clerk Senior 81
• Accounting Officer 39
• Accounting Officer Senior 32
• Accounting Technician 108
• Campus Security Officer 100
• College Laboratory Assistant 1 150
• College Laboratory Assistant 2 294
• College Laboratory Service Specialist 34
• Community College Faculty 3,592
• Customer Services Specialist 62
• Customer Services Specialist Int 146
• Customer Services Specialist Senior 84
• Customized Training Representative 93
• Food Service Worker 39
• General Maintenance Worker 666
• General Maintenance Worker Lead 46
• General Repair Worker 91
• Groundskeeper Inter 34
• Human Resources Specialist 1 49
• Human Resources Specialist 2 57
• Human Resources Technician 2 56
• Information Officer 2 50
• Information Officer 3 36
• Information Technology Specialist 1 102
• Information Technology Specialist 2 165
• Information Technology Specialist 3 227
• Information Technology Specialist 4 115
• Information Technology Specialist 5 43
• Library Technician 90
• Management Analyst 1 55
• Management Analyst 2 59
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Academic Professional 1 477
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Academic Professional 2 413
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Academic Professional 3 172
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Academic Supervisor 1 82
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Academic Supervisor 2 111
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Academic Supervisor 3 61
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Administrator 10 43
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Administrator 5 74
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Administrator 6 170
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Administrator 7 97
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Administrator 8 56
• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Administrator 9 63
• Msuaasf Range B 226
• Msuaasf Range C 455
• Msuaasf Range D 218
• Msuaasf Range E 85
• Office & Administrative Specialist 69
• Office & Administrative Specialist Int 439
• Office & Administrative Specialist Principal 89
• Office & Administrative Specialist Senior 395
• Office Specialist 66
• Plant Maintenance Engineer 51
• Psychologist 2 32
• State University Adjuct Non-Unit 390
• State University Adjuct Unit 1,884
• State University Adjunct Non-Unit 406
• State University Faculty 2,439
• Student Worker Paraprofessional Professional 47
• Technician College Faculty 3,760