Welders, Cutters & Solderers salary in Daphne, AL

Median pay for welders, cutters & solderers in Daphne, AL: $49,220/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $35,210 – $74,330 · about 110 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($48,615) by +$605 (+1%).

What it's really worth in Daphne

With Daphne's cost of living at 94 (US=100), that $49,220 has the buying power of about $52,253 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $71,039 · median home $373,114 · median rent $1,663/mo.

Full Daphne cost of living & taxes →

How Daphne ranks for this job

On raw pay, Daphne, AL is 77th of the 186 metros we hold welders, cutters & solderers wages for. Once Daphne's cost of living is applied, it ranks 71st.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Daphne sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Daphne

A median home in Daphne, AL costs $373,114 — about 7.6× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,663/mo works out at 41% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

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 Daphne.

Metro	Median pay	vs Daphne	Rent vs Daphne
Honolulu, HI	$76,540	+56%	1.8×
Baton Rouge, LA	$70,010	+42%	0.8×
Bremerton, WA	$66,310	+35%	1.2×
Virginia Beach, VA	$63,630	+29%	1.1×

Same job elsewhere in AL

Metro	Median pay	vs Daphne	Rent vs Daphne
Mobile, AL	$57,820	+17%	0.8×
Tuscaloosa, AL	$47,220	−4%	0.9×
Birmingham, AL	$46,330	−6%	0.9×
Montgomery, AL	$46,260	−6%	0.8×

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

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