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Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers pay in Alaska and Massachusetts
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers is $80,840 per year in Alaska. It is $62,570 per year in Massachusetts. Alaska is 29.2% above Massachusetts on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-4121 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 790 wage and salary jobs in Alaska and 2,830 in Massachusetts. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings