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Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers pay in El Centro, CA and Lima, OH
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers is $58,350 per year in El Centro, CA. It is $85,790 per year in Lima, OH. El Centro, CA is 32.0% below Lima, OH 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 70 wage and salary jobs in El Centro, CA and 470 in Lima, OH. 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