Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

High Risk
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
91%
(Imminent Risk)
POLLING
51%
(Moderate Risk, Based on 267 votes)
Average: 71%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
2.0%
by year 2033
WAGES
$48,940
or $23.53 per hour
Volume
421,730
as of 2023
SUMMARY
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JOB SCORE
3.5/10
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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

91% (Imminent Risk)

Imminent Risk (81-100%): Occupations in this level have an extremely high likelihood of being automated in the near future. These jobs consist primarily of repetitive, predictable tasks with little need for human judgment.

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User poll

51% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. However, the automation risk level we have generated suggests a much higher chance of automation: 91% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Sentiment

The following graph is shown where there are enough votes to produce meaningful data. It displays user poll results over time, providing a clear indication of sentiment trends.

Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers' job openings is expected to rise 2.0% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

Low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers' was $48,940, or $24 per hour

'Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers' were paid 1.8% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Significantly greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 421,730 people employed as 'Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers' within the United States.

This represents around 0.28% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 360 people are employed as 'Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers'.

Job description

Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand-soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

SOC Code: 51-4121.00

Comments (7)

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Jami (Low)
18 Jun 2025 22:44
manufacturing welding has already started being replaced by machines, but the guys they call to a plant or a pipeline have to think and adapt to each unique situation, as well as fit all kinds of tight physical spaces. welders are safe
porter (Low)
11 Dec 2024 20:19
harsh factors, water, weather, predictability
Henrique (Low)
08 Dec 2024 08:01
im a welder and welding robots need a welder to watch what they are doing and configure them and set everything up.
ive seen a lot of welding robots and all of them couldnt keep a straight weld for long and eventually would weld out of the area that needed welding, and when i mean WELDING i trully mean WELDING and not spot welds like you see in cars or shitty welds that you see in cars, i mean structural welds and many other things.
Nick (Low)
07 Jul 2024 03:11
There are many specialized forms of welding that would be incredibly difficult for a robot to perform. Such as nuclear welding, due to radiation, underwater welding, due to uncertain conditions & need for actively adjusting the process, and more.
Welder (Uncertain)
24 Feb 2024 13:48
If is in a factory maybe
But he is a mobile welder doing odd jobs no
Jackson Harlin (No chance)
11 Aug 2022 03:05
The cost of robots is way too high, and robots can't be utilized in high numbers on pipelines and other field jobs.
Bruh
18 May 2021 20:21
you can just retrofit a CNC machine or a plasma cutter with a welding tip and boom its automated
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