How much do welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers make in Mobile, AL?

What the Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median says in Mobile, AL

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median in Mobile, AL at $61,420 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 51-4121 and BLS area 33660.

BLS lists 1,700 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $59,970 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Mobile, AL's Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median is 14.3% above the U.S. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $53,750 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 51-4121 with area 33660

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 51-4121 and area 33660. SOC 51-4121 names Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Area 33660 names Mobile, AL. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 51-4121/33660 row has 1,700 wage and salary jobs. There are 9.85 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 3.68. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 51-4121/33660, the annual median is $61,420 per year, while the matching mean is $59,970 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 51-4121/33660 10th percentile: $44,360 per year.
• 51-4121/33660 25th percentile: $50,080 per year.
• 51-4121/33660 median: $61,420 per year.
• 51-4121/33660 75th percentile: $66,100 per year.
• 51-4121/33660 90th percentile: $74,520 per year.
• 51-4121/33660 employment RSE: 4.9%. Mean-wage RSE: 1.3%.
• 51-4121/33660 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 33660 facts behind this Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers page

Area 33660 reports 172,550 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $58,170. Its annual median is $47,000. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.7%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 51-4121 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Mobile, AL runs from $26,770 at the 10th percentile to $99,320 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $33,220. The median is $47,000. The 75th percentile is $68,390. This is a place check, not a pay range for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 33660. They do not show related skills or a path into Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.

• 1. Registered Nurses. Area: 33660. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 5,260. Yearly median: $79,490. Jobs per 1,000: 30.46. Location quotient: 1.4.
• 2. Retail Salespersons. Area: 33660. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 4,900. Yearly median: $29,710. Jobs per 1,000: 28.4. Location quotient: 1.13.
• 3. Stockers and Order Fillers. Area: 33660. SOC: 53-7065. Jobs: 3,840. Yearly median: $35,070. Jobs per 1,000: 22.23. Location quotient: 1.22.
• 4. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Area: 33660. SOC: 43-6014. Jobs: 3,780. Yearly median: $42,840. Jobs per 1,000: 21.89. Location quotient: 1.99.
• 5. Cashiers. Area: 33660. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 3,710. Yearly median: $28,240. Jobs per 1,000: 21.49. Location quotient: 1.08.
• 6. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Area: 33660. SOC: 53-3032. Jobs: 3,510. Yearly median: $51,010. Jobs per 1,000: 20.34. Location quotient: 1.53.

Read the Mobile, AL wage ladder for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

The 10th percentile is $44,360 per year. The 25th percentile is $50,080 per year. The median is $61,420 per year. The 75th percentile is $66,100 per year. The 90th percentile is $74,520 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $50,080 per year to $66,100 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $30,160. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Mobile, AL with its state and the U.S.

Mobile, AL has a annual median of $61,420 per year. Alabama has $48,490 per year. The U.S. row has $53,750 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Mobile, AL is 26.7% above Alabama on the same published median. Mobile, AL is 14.3% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Mobile, AL sits for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

Mobile, AL ranks 43 of 382 among metro areas with a published annual median for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 43 of 382 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 40. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. The Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median is $61,680 per year. BLS estimates 5,780 jobs. The location quotient is 0.23.
• 41. New Haven, CT. The Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median is $61,630 per year. BLS estimates 180 jobs. The location quotient is 0.24.
• 42. Carson City, NV. The Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median is $61,520 per year. BLS estimates 60 jobs. The location quotient is 0.68.
• 44. Midland, TX. The Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median is $61,410 per year. BLS estimates 810 jobs. The location quotient is 2.47.
• 45. Fargo, ND-MN. The Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median is $61,140 per year. BLS estimates 690 jobs. The location quotient is 1.73.
• 46. Fond du Lac, WI. The Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median is $60,930 per year. BLS estimates 230 jobs. The location quotient is 1.92.

Where Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 51-4121, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Lima, OH has the highest published median in this set, at $85,790 per year. Mobile, AL sits at $61,420 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. Lima, OH has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $85,790 per year, or $24,370 above Mobile, AL. BLS lists 470 jobs there, compared with 1,700 in Mobile, AL. The location quotient is 3.54.
• 2. Urban Honolulu, HI has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $81,120 per year, or $19,700 above Mobile, AL. BLS lists 430 jobs there, compared with 1,700 in Mobile, AL. The location quotient is 0.36.
• 3. Fairbanks-College, AK has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $80,210 per year, or $18,790 above Mobile, AL. BLS lists 70 jobs there, compared with 1,700 in Mobile, AL. The location quotient is 0.75.
• 4. Baton Rouge, LA has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $78,170 per year, or $16,750 above Mobile, AL. BLS lists 3,690 jobs there, compared with 1,700 in Mobile, AL. The location quotient is 3.36.
• 5. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $75,040 per year, or $13,620 above Mobile, AL. BLS lists 670 jobs there, compared with 1,700 in Mobile, AL. The location quotient is 0.42.
• 6. Anchorage, AK has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $74,000 per year, or $12,580 above Mobile, AL. BLS lists 250 jobs there, compared with 1,700 in Mobile, AL. The location quotient is 0.53.
• 7. Lake Charles, LA has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $72,920 per year, or $11,500 above Mobile, AL. BLS lists 970 jobs there, compared with 1,700 in Mobile, AL. The location quotient is 3.55.
• 8. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA has a Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median of $71,720 per year, or $10,300 above Mobile, AL. BLS lists 740 jobs there, compared with 1,700 in Mobile, AL. The location quotient is 2.96.

Where BLS counts the most Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has the largest published metro job estimate for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in this same-source set, at 15,850 jobs. Mobile, AL has 1,700. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 15,850 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 14,150 jobs from Mobile, AL. Its median is $57,940 per year, or $3,480 below Mobile, AL. Its location quotient is 1.8.
• 2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 10,620 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 8,920 jobs from Mobile, AL. Its median is $51,630 per year, or $9,790 below Mobile, AL. Its location quotient is 0.98.
• 3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 9,320 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 7,620 jobs from Mobile, AL. Its median is $52,650 per year, or $8,770 below Mobile, AL. Its location quotient is 0.77.
• 4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 7,850 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 6,150 jobs from Mobile, AL. Its median is $56,160 per year, or $5,260 below Mobile, AL. Its location quotient is 0.47.
• 5. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 5,780 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 4,080 jobs from Mobile, AL. Its median is $61,680 per year, or $260 above Mobile, AL. Its location quotient is 0.23.
• 6. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ has 5,440 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 3,740 jobs from Mobile, AL. Its median is $56,540 per year, or $4,880 below Mobile, AL. Its location quotient is 0.86.
• 7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 5,240 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 3,540 jobs from Mobile, AL. Its median is $49,630 per year, or $11,790 below Mobile, AL. Its location quotient is 0.68.
• 8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 4,630 estimated Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs, a gap of 2,930 jobs from Mobile, AL. Its median is $58,380 per year, or $3,040 below Mobile, AL. Its location quotient is 0.6.

Where Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers takes the largest share of local jobs

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 6.03. Mobile, AL has 3.68. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA has a location quotient of 6.03, a gap of 2.35 from Mobile, AL. BLS lists 1,350 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $56,990 per year, or $4,430 below Mobile, AL.
• 2. Elkhart-Goshen, IN has a location quotient of 5.86, a gap of 2.18 from Mobile, AL. BLS lists 2,000 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $50,950 per year, or $10,470 below Mobile, AL.
• 3. Gulfport-Biloxi, MS has a location quotient of 5.23, a gap of 1.55 from Mobile, AL. BLS lists 2,220 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $63,440 per year, or $2,020 above Mobile, AL.
• 4. Wausau, WI has a location quotient of 5, a gap of 1.32 from Mobile, AL. BLS lists 930 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $55,780 per year, or $5,640 below Mobile, AL.
• 5. Elizabethtown, KY has a location quotient of 4.8, a gap of 1.12 from Mobile, AL. BLS lists 660 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $59,900 per year, or $1,520 below Mobile, AL.
• 6. Sheboygan, WI has a location quotient of 4.57, a gap of 0.89 from Mobile, AL. BLS lists 740 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $59,460 per year, or $1,960 below Mobile, AL.
• 7. Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX has a location quotient of 4.52, a gap of 0.84 from Mobile, AL. BLS lists 1,980 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $59,190 per year, or $2,230 below Mobile, AL.
• 8. Casper, WY has a location quotient of 4.51, a gap of 0.83 from Mobile, AL. BLS lists 480 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs and a median of $62,660 per year, or $1,240 above Mobile, AL.

How common Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers is in Mobile, AL

BLS lists 1,700 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers jobs in Mobile, AL. It also lists 9.85 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 3.68. A value of 1 means Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers beside other roles in Mobile, AL

The all-occupations median in Mobile, AL is $47,000 per year. The Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median is $61,420 per year. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers is 30.7% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Mobile, AL. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Electricians, SOC 47-2111, has a Mobile, AL median of $61,720 per year. BLS lists 1,360 jobs and a location quotient of 1.62.
• 2. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, SOC 41-4012, has a Mobile, AL median of $63,040 per year. BLS lists 1,930 jobs and a location quotient of 1.4.
• 3. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, SOC 43-1011, has a Mobile, AL median of $57,760 per year. BLS lists 1,910 jobs and a location quotient of 1.2.
• 4. First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers, SOC 47-1011, has a Mobile, AL median of $69,000 per year. BLS lists 1,510 jobs and a location quotient of 1.68.
• 5. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3032, has a Mobile, AL median of $51,010 per year. BLS lists 3,510 jobs and a location quotient of 1.53.
• 6. Accountants and Auditors, SOC 13-2011, has a Mobile, AL median of $72,130 per year. BLS lists 2,010 jobs and a location quotient of 1.25.
• 7. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators, SOC 53-7051, has a Mobile, AL median of $48,410 per year. BLS lists 1,510 jobs and a location quotient of 1.75.
• 8. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Mobile, AL median of $44,600 per year. BLS lists 2,060 jobs and a location quotient of 1.66.

The largest detailed roles in Mobile, AL

Registered Nurses is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Mobile, AL table, at 5,260 jobs. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers has 1,700 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 172,550. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Registered Nurses has 5,260 jobs in Mobile, AL, a gap of 3,560 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $79,490 per year, or $18,070 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.4.
• 2. Retail Salespersons has 4,900 jobs in Mobile, AL, a gap of 3,200 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $29,710 per year, or $31,710 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.13.
• 3. Stockers and Order Fillers has 3,840 jobs in Mobile, AL, a gap of 2,140 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $35,070 per year, or $26,350 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.22.
• 4. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has 3,780 jobs in Mobile, AL, a gap of 2,080 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $42,840 per year, or $18,580 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.99.
• 5. Cashiers has 3,710 jobs in Mobile, AL, a gap of 2,010 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $28,240 per year, or $33,180 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.08.
• 6. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 3,510 jobs in Mobile, AL, a gap of 1,810 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $51,010 per year, or $10,410 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.53.
• 7. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 3,160 jobs in Mobile, AL, a gap of 1,460 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $23,510 per year, or $37,910 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 0.74.
• 8. General and Operations Managers has 2,750 jobs in Mobile, AL, a gap of 1,050 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its median is $106,690 per year, or $45,270 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 0.71.

Published role medians around Mobile, AL

General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Mobile, AL role table, at $106,690 per year. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers has $61,420 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $47,000 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $106,690 per year in Mobile, AL, or $45,270 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 2,750 jobs, compared with 1,700 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 0.71.
• 2. Registered Nurses has a median of $79,490 per year in Mobile, AL, or $18,070 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 5,260 jobs, compared with 1,700 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.4.
• 3. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $78,760 per year in Mobile, AL, or $17,340 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 1,520 jobs, compared with 1,700 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 2.04.
• 4. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $72,130 per year in Mobile, AL, or $10,710 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 2,010 jobs, compared with 1,700 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.25.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers has a median of $69,000 per year in Mobile, AL, or $7,580 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 1,510 jobs, compared with 1,700 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.68.
• 6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $63,040 per year in Mobile, AL, or $1,620 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 1,930 jobs, compared with 1,700 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.4.
• 7. Electricians has a median of $61,720 per year in Mobile, AL, or $300 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 1,360 jobs, compared with 1,700 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.62.
• 8. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $57,760 per year in Mobile, AL, or $3,660 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 1,910 jobs, compared with 1,700 for Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Its location quotient is 1.2.

Roles with the largest local share in Mobile, AL

Cooks, Fast Food has the highest location quotient in the bounded Mobile, AL role table, at 2.76. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers has 3.68. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 2.76 in Mobile, AL, a gap of 0.92 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 1,970 jobs and a median of $27,700 per year, or $33,720 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
• 2. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 2.04 in Mobile, AL, a gap of 1.64 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 1,520 jobs and a median of $78,760 per year, or $17,340 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
• 3. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has a location quotient of 1.99 in Mobile, AL, a gap of 1.69 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 3,780 jobs and a median of $42,840 per year, or $18,580 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
• 4. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has a location quotient of 1.75 in Mobile, AL, a gap of 1.93 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 1,510 jobs and a median of $48,410 per year, or $13,010 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
• 5. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 1.68 in Mobile, AL, a gap of 2.00 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 2,050 jobs and a median of $36,830 per year, or $24,590 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
• 6. First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers has a location quotient of 1.68 in Mobile, AL, a gap of 2.00 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 1,510 jobs and a median of $69,000 per year, or $7,580 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
• 7. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers has a location quotient of 1.66 in Mobile, AL, a gap of 2.02 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 2,060 jobs and a median of $44,600 per year, or $16,820 below Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.
• 8. Electricians has a location quotient of 1.62 in Mobile, AL, a gap of 2.06 from Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. BLS lists 1,360 jobs and a median of $61,720 per year, or $300 above Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers.

What $61,420 may mean after the Mobile, AL price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Mobile, AL is 88.1. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 11.9% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $61,420 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers median by 88.1 divided by 100. The result is $69,718 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 60.1. Goods are 96.4. Utilities are 84.2. Other services are 96.7. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Mobile, AL row

The employment RSE for this Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers row is 4.9%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.3%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 1,700 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $59,970 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Mobile, AL wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. It uses a Mobile, AL place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $61,420 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers row for Mobile, AL does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 1,700 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 3.68 is not a growth score. Rank 43 of 382 is not a place score. The 88.1 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 51-4121 in BLS area 33660. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.