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Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and Tuscaloosa, AL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders is $54,970 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. It is $82,250 per year in Tuscaloosa, AL. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 33.2% below Tuscaloosa, AL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-4122 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 60 wage and salary jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and 40 in Tuscaloosa, AL. 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.