What Is the Gross Pay for a Welding Teacher?
Welding is a skill used in dozens of industries, making it a valuable vocational skill to have. As a result, welding is taught both at the high school and the college levels. College welding programs often take place in technical colleges, vocational or community colleges. Welding teachers earn salaries according to the salary schedule of the institution for which they teach. In general, high school welding teachers earn more per year than their college counterparts do.
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High School
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics includes welding teachers in its occupational category of career/technical education teachers. At the high school level, welding teachers earned an average of $56,010 per year, as of May 2010, according to the BLS. The salary of the 10th percentile was up to $36,300 annually, and the 25th percentile made up to $43,810 per year. The median annual salary was $54,310, and the 75th percentile earned up to $66,780 per year. The 90th percentile earned at least $80,050.
Geographical Differences -- High School
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High school welding teachers in Alaska earned the highest salary at $72,760 per year, according to the BLS as of May 2010. Those in Rhode Island came in second with an average annual salary of $71,010. Connecticut was third at $70,600 per year on average, followed by New York at $70,600. Maryland had the fifth highest average salaries for high school welding teachers in the country at an average of $66,350 per year.
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College
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The average salary as of May 2010, according to the BLS, of welding instructors at the college level was $52,790. The 10th percentile made up to $27,810, and the 25th percentile earned up to $35,950. The median annual salary was $48,210, and the 75th percentile earned up to $64,690. The 90th percentile made over $84,530.
Geographical Breakdown -- College
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Alaska again topped the salary charts for welding instructor pay, this time at the college level. The average annual salary there, according to the BLS, was $72,280 as of May 2010. California came in next at $67,230 per year, and Wisconsin was third at $65,390. New York was next at $63,880 per year, and District of Columbia employers paid an average annual salary of $60,390 per year.
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