Salary guide, May 2025

Robotic Welding Technician pay in Baton Rouge, LA

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The median annual wage for Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Baton Rouge, LA was $48,260 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2025). The middle half of workers earned between $47,850 and $80,500.

The Baton Rouge, LA median is $340 above the national median of $47,920, both from BLS May 2025.

Broader occupation · SOC 51-4122 Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

The Robotic Welding Technician title maps to the published occupation. BLS does not separate this process, credential, shift or plant-specific title from other work in the occupation.

What should you know about baton Rouge, LA?

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Baton Rouge, LA: median $48,260; published 25th to 75th percentile $47,850 to $80,500.

Annual wage percentiles, Baton Rouge, LA
10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
$35,770	$47,850	$48,260	$80,500	$80,520

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Baton Rouge, LA: median $23.20; published 25th to 75th percentile $23.01 to $38.70.

Hourly wage percentiles, Baton Rouge, LA
10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
$17.20	$23.01	$23.20	$38.70	$38.71

BLS estimated 140 workers employed in this occupation in Baton Rouge, LA. Location quotient: 1.66.

What should you know about united States?

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in U.S.: median $47,920; published 25th to 75th percentile $40,560 to $57,390.

Annual wage percentiles, U.S.
10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
$36,860	$40,560	$47,920	$57,390	$66,540

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in U.S.: median $23.04; published 25th to 75th percentile $19.50 to $27.59.

Hourly wage percentiles, U.S.
10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
$17.72	$19.50	$23.04	$27.59	$31.99

What should you know about role pay against all occupations here?

The published Robotic Welding Technician median is $48,260. The all-occupations median in Baton Rouge, LA is $48,710. Ratio: 0.99 (role median divided by all-occupations median, same units, BLS May 2025). Location quotient 1.66 measures how concentrated this occupation's employment is here against the nation. It is not a wage index.

What should you know about two BLS releases?

Robotic Welding Technician in Baton Rouge, LA, annual wages, May 2024 and May 2025
Release period	25th	Median	75th
May 2024	Not published by BLS	Not published by BLS	Not published by BLS
May 2025	$47,850	$48,260	$80,500

These are two separate BLS estimates from different survey panels. The workers and employers behind them differ, so the gap is not like-for-like pay for the same workers and is not a growth rate. We show no percentage change.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 51-4122 Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Baton Rouge, LA. Official occupation data · Official area tables. Released 2026-05-15.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 51-4122 Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, U.S.. Official occupation data · Official area tables. Released 2026-05-15.

What should you know about nearby areas?

Nearby areas, Robotic Welding Technician
Area	Median	25th to 75th
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$74,910	$43,290 to $81,820
Jackson, MS	$55,550	$42,940 to $60,010

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