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Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders pay in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and Tuscaloosa, AL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders is $49,780 per year in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. It is $82,250 per year in Tuscaloosa, AL. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 39.5% 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 180 wage and salary jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 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.