Welding Salaries in Kentucky
Approximately 7,200 people worked as welders in Kentucky as of 2009, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training. These workers earned an average of $16.11 per hour, or $33,519 per year as of 2009, with salaries differing throughout the state based on geographic location and industry.
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Statewide
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Welders employed in the construction industry in Kentucky earned an average of $18.22 per hour, or $37,907 per year, as of May 2009, explains the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training. The manufacturing industry in Kentucky paid welders an average of $15.21 per hour, or $31,644 per year. In the mining industry in Kentucky, welders made an average of $20.71 per hour, or $43,062 per year.
West
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Henderson, Owensboro and their surrounding counties featured the highest average annual wages for welders in western Kentucky, at $34,754 as of 2009, reports the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training. In Paducah, Mayfield, Murray and their surrounding counties, welders made an average of $34,099 per year, while those in Elizabethtown and Fort Knox averaged $32,412 annually. Welders working in Bowling Green, Glasgow and their surrounding counties received an average of $30,628 per year, the lowest wages in western Kentucky and the second lowest statewide.
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Central
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Louisville, Shelbyville and their surrounding counties had the highest wages for welders in Central Kentucky, at an average of $34,308 per year as of 2009, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training. In Lexington, Frankfort and their surrounding counties, welders received an average of $33,235 per year. The Cumberland region of Kentucky, which includes the cities of Cambellsville, Monticello and Russell Springs, featured average annual wages of $25,946 for welders, making the area the lowest paying in Central Kentucky.
North and East
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Florence, Covington and the surrounding northern counties of Kentucky were the highest paying area for welders in the state, with salaries averaging $35,493 per year as of 2009, reports the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training. Harlan, Jackson, Manchester and their surrounding counties ranked second, with average annual salaries of $35,028 for welders. In the Tenco region of Kentucky, which includes the cities of Ashland, Maysville and Morehead, welders received an average of $33,968 per year.
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