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Welders, Cutters & Solderers salary in Canton, OH

Median pay for welders, cutters & solderers in Canton, OH: $46,770/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $37,020 – $59,890 · about 940 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($48,615) by −$1,845 (-4%).

What it's really worth in Canton

With Canton's cost of living at 89 (US=100), that $46,770 has the buying power of about $52,785 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,859 · median home $218,776 · median rent $1,084/mo.

Full Canton cost of living & taxes →

How Canton ranks for this job

On raw pay, Canton, OH is 137th of the 186 metros we hold welders, cutters & solderers wages for. Once Canton's cost of living is applied, it ranks 63rd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Canton is one of the places where welders, cutters & solderers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Canton

A median home in Canton, OH costs $218,776 — about 4.7× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,084/mo works out at 28% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where welders, cutters & solderers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Canton.

MetroMedian payvs CantonRent vs Canton
Honolulu, HI $76,540 +64% 2.7×
Baton Rouge, LA $70,010 +50% 1.3×
Bremerton, WA $66,310 +42% 1.9×
Virginia Beach, VA $63,630 +36% 1.7×

Same job elsewhere in OH

MetroMedian payvs CantonRent vs Canton
Columbus, OH $48,760 +4% 1.4×
Cincinnati, OH $48,650 +4% 1.5×
Cleveland, OH $48,080 +3% 1.3×
Akron, OH $47,600 +2% 1.2×

Staying in OH keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 186 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.