Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

High Risk
72%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
91%
(Imminent Risk)
POLLING
52%
(Moderate Risk)
Average: 72%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
2.0%
by year 2033
WAGES
$48,940
or $23.53 per hour
Volume
421,730
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
3.5/10

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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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Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Finger Dexterity

  • Manual Dexterity

User poll

52% 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

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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 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Wages

Low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers' was $48,940, or $23 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

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Comments

Nick (Low) 4 months ago
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.
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Welder (Uncertain) 9 months ago
If is in a factory maybe
But he is a mobile welder doing odd jobs no
2 0 Reply
Jackson Harlin (No chance) 2 years ago
The cost of robots is way too high, and robots can't be utilized in high numbers on pipelines and other field jobs.
2 0 Reply
Bruh 3 years ago
you can just retrofit a CNC machine or a plasma cutter with a welding tip and boom its automated
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