@@BrUh-ve3tqbro you’re better off just going to school for welding vs underwater welding. you will rarely be in the ocean welding, they don’t need it as much. the pay is good ofc but it’s not a job that’s frequent.
A welder who is smart and works for himself can easily make 300k a year. Good friend lives in Tampa and only tig welds. He made 250k last year and doesn't even work every day. Work smarter not harder.
@@mikeundereood1071 This shows that you have never touched welding before. Every welder will agree that tig is the hardest. As a pipe welder where your welds have to be immaculate every single time, with no leaks. And where your welds are commonly checked with x-ray. Tig is the most accurate way to weld, you have to control 2 hands at the same time. with 2 millimeter gap from the surface, your hands have to go in a perfect motion for perfection. A stick weld you can almost just look at the thing and it's finished. hardly any work. There is a reason TIG is paid better. it requires more skill.
This is why I took welding during and after high-school and got certified lol my million dollars a year and retire at 40 plan didn't work out quite as I planned 😂
I’m currently in welding school, it feels like you guys are selling a fantasy . Especially how hard it is now . I’m scratching my head wondering what jobs are you guys talking about.
@@Darkside_co yeah my buddy is in welding school and he’s on and off work for their union as a piledriver (dockbuilder). all he wants to do is get his cert and leave but they keep draggin him along 😅 got roped into the promise of a cert that can “take him anywhere”
True, welding is a terrible thing to get into. 2 years school in plant science = 60k a year growing weed, 2 years you can be a cop starting at 50k a year 2 years in welding school 18$ a hour
@@yyeezyy630 cops put their lives at risk for 50k not to mention the other intangibles so thats an asinine point. Any dipshit can grow weed the means and methods are so widely accessible why on earth would you waste time on a degree for it? "Don't go to a vocational school dummies. Get a piece of paper that gets less valuable each time another person earns it instead of a trade that isn't going anywhere"
Sorry what ??? Please please go to your local steamfitter hall and apply please please I'm a union boilermaker and regardless of what I'm doing at work I make between 38 and 49 dollars an hour the rate changes only state to state but please get out of that spot
60$ an hour, 12 Hours every day, no days off. still only $250,000 before tax. please explain how you are gonna make 300k instead of replying with 3 word responses.
All schools do that. They’re all just like recruiters for the military. If there’s a field that the elites think will be in great demand in the near future, they try to funnel every kid they can into it. So much so that by the time they’re through, that job doesn’t pay much at all.
So 300 K is the new 100 K right lol used to be 100 K was attainable now. Inflation is so bad everybody’s making 100 K. So now everyone’s lying talking about they’re making 300k when in reality it’s like four guys lol
@RabidLemurs the ringing driving you mad as well? I have to constantly have some kind of background noise or it will drive me mad. They never tell you this. Only that you will go deaf. Well my idea of what i thought deaf was is a hell of a lot better than loud ass ringing that never goes away. One particular morning i woke up and it was so loud i thought the fire alarm was going off. That was until I covered my ears and it made it worse. It was so disorienting that i couldnt drive and had to have my girlfriend pick me up to take me to the hospital. I threw up 3 times on the way there and 3 more times while there only for them to say theres nothimg they can do. I was so desperate i asked if they could just snip something and i would gladly be deaf. Thats when I learned that they dont even know where the ringing is coming from. If its originating in the ear or if its your brain misinterpreting what the ear is telling it from damage over the years. Which makes since because people with head injuries experience the same thing and it wasmt their ear that was injured. Idk good luck to you though.
This is a video for a welding school page. Guy is a teacher making TikTok videos about welding. Relax clown, you still live in your mother’s basement. What’s McDonald’s paying you these days?
Reality. 57,000 after 2 years experience on the line. She's late this month. Truck payments for 7 years. Mom and dad want me to move out of the basement by end of the month.
That’s what I’m saying. Another tradesman grossly exaggerating his salary. My buddy is a dive welder and be makes about 100k a year contracting out to oil rigs in the ocean and stuff and he can be gone from 3-12 months any given year. 100k for his passion, at the cost of being away from his friends and family often. He even had a military contract and only got like 30k for the job. So there’s no way in hell this dudes walks into a shop everyday and makes more than those guys do. I think even the most successful tradesman with popular companies probably make close 200k on a good year and that’s likely in the
@@ArteUltra1195 Fr. Welding is a great job and I'm sure you can make a decent living at it but these mfs in here actin like it's wallstreet banking or some shit. Y'all aint making that gtfo 😂
@@SaBuCheeeikr blue collar work is just generally paying more cuz people are lazy m. My neighbor has been a welder for a while and he makes crazy money.
Yeah the stress of feeling like I need to be perfect gets to me sometimes. I build high end designer stuff for multimillion dollar homes. I don't have to worry about weld tests, but the fab, grinding and welds need to be near perfect every time.
@@hhhsss6076I took a year out of school to get some money so I got a job at a nearby gate factory, I’m 19 and now they want me to be able to weld, I have 0 clue what I’m doing and no experience, I’m scared of the health risks I just feel very overwhelmed, but I only have around 7 months before I go back to education, is there any help, tips or anything you can give me?
Wear the face shield when grinding! I had to carry a shipmate to medical once when a disc got buried in his cheek. The noises he made will never be forgotten.
If they make so much, why do they cry to the mechanic for cheaper price. They have the egos that can compare to a cop and the brains to match. I see a lot of them sitting home during the week waiting for a call to work. I'm not sure how they can sit home so much and still be working.
I know a guy who welds....he just sits on his ass all day, selling heroin and won't accept any work because "he makes more welding". Then why aren't you working? Cause he's full of shit.
according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual salary for a welder is $50,460. The lowest ten percent of earners make around $35,380, while the highest ten percent of earners make a median salary of $68,760.
Tradesman always get very defensive about their pay. Welders are especially bad. See them all the time making up insane salaries on social media. I'm guessing they have a lot of free time and a self importance complex.
@@stevecarswell6329yeah they do, a lot of people do, or they’ll hit you with the oh I know somebody making this much. Reality is most people whether they got a four-year degree or went to trade school or through an apprenticeship or whatever aren’t making shit. Earning 100K a year is more rare than a lot of people think. Now 300k, the only trades people making that are not working for somebody else🤣. Cosmetology is another one where they just try to sell you a dream.
You are not making $300,000. With some skill and travel you can get around 150k, that’s reasonable. Your odds of exceeding that significantly are slim. Don’t just round it up. 🙄
Yes! Highly skilled welders are sooo hard to find! I'm working for a big shipyard and we have like 3k people work for us but theres only like maybe ~30 welders that are masters of their craft which barely makes them 1% of the total employees. These guys could quit on the spot and have a new job in the next 2 minutes if they bothered to save a number in their phone for that purpose 😂
@@JesseWelds That totally depends mate, I know some welders making as much as some Managers. Of course we are not talking millions but they make decent money if they are freelancers. Of course you can always construct a special situation that better/worse, but yea, good welders are rare and very well paid where I'm from
If these dudes keep lying about the pay then in a few years the general salary with decrease even more because of all the new dudes joining , thinking this is actually possible
You aint makin no 300k a year unless your running your own business and turnin big contracts. I got a good friend been in the industry for 15 years and works all over the country and he doin between $90k and $100k a year.
Hahah exactly! $300k a year working for someone else on this kind of job is next to none. $300k a year working for someone else.. only available on corporate ladder/Law firm/Medical scene
@@Tejaneaux-ic8dp ah you have a workshop eh? appreciate the grind dude..still a fantastic achievement! I knew a guy who own a workshop on my old country, it's tough biz cause people want to bargain the price more. Like for real, you wanted a bigass discount that ended up cutting the salary of the worker too? He turned a lot of project off because of that Damn people these day
@@MaseraSteve i drive trucks. I have 2 in the fleet. Was able to gross that with one semi but companies not paying as much and everyones goin out of business in truckin.
@@Tejaneaux-ic8dp ah Cool I see.. so some of the news are kind of accurate huh? What a shame, with this kind inflation we have today some some dare to cut the salary out is insane idea to me. We used to have a distribution company, so we know how thing works. Reducing salary is a no no. Should've reduce the amount of new employee. That's the way for it. Oh fun fact, we're also being pushed by the even larger corporation to meet their ever so increasing quota. If not, sayonara to our contract. Our last straw were they asking for more than we can hold on our warehouse.. while we only get 1-2% of profit per product inhuman biz to be honest
Tried getting into welding, did 1 year with boilermakers and found out there really wasn't that much actual welding needing to be done. All new construction is done and the rest is a gamble on which contractor gets what site. Not worth it.
Do you gotta be perfect in the sense of being perfectly dressed or else like, you'll catch yourself on fire? Or you have to do your work perfectly? I hear stories of welders making mistakes and just rinse and repeat so I don't think perfection is required, just a lot of tedium
After accidently flashing myself once and only once because I forgot to flip my hood down Ill never make that mistake again, pain is an excellent teacher.
Ya these dudes out here promising you 17 mil a year plus 50k per diem lmao been welding for going on 6 years and have been a weld boss for a year and a half…..still waiting on that 300k 😂
300K? Come on now. What are you welding space ships under water? You are lying on social media to get clout from people you don't even know. Its people like you that give welders the reputation of being arrogant. You do the entire industry a disservice by saying ridiculous things like that. Best welders I ever met were always humble.
In my line of work of logistics. We brag about the money... i bust out spreadsheets... but when others do it and just show they checks. And when i find out how they doin numbers... its usually because they are operating illegally and are about to get shut down by the feds.
this account is so cringe. just trying to trick young people into thinking welding is 300k yearly starting. only a welding account would post fake salaries and expecting no body to fact check.
They'd have to run their own business for custom design stuff. That's the only way. Each employee a business hires is profit, you have 10 employees? that's 10 profits, even after their hourly pay.
A lot of people always say rig welders can clear 200k which is true. But sfter you have to replace all your consumables, gas, abrasives, truck maintenace, material etc. Youll probably bring home 120k of that after taxes, workong 6 or 7 12s for a whole year.
Yeah man they got to quit lying to these people starting out. Like, wasn’t there supposed to be this huge shortage in welders happening right now? But it never happened.
@@RiseSteadyNC no joke, I'm in a ridiculously lucky position making $230ish per year. Phased array ultrasound inspection. I work offshore for 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off, AND because I get a guaranteed 40hr per week I get paid even during the 2 weeks I'm sitting at home ($65/hr). I just happened to stumble into a very niche market where I have some rare certifications
$46/hr Reg * 40 hrs = $1840 $69/hr OT * 44 hrs = $3036 $150/day per diem * 7 = $1050 Gross = $308,152 There’s jobs out there, stop welding for less and it’ll drive the wages up kings (That’s a lower wage example too btw)
300k is the 1% of the 1% don't set your hearts on this unless you've been welding a long time and you're darn good. But if you stay busy traveling, you can make 100k fairly easy.
this channel is a welding school and all you non tradesman dont know what a joke is. from working in a mig shop for aluminum and steel i can assure you 300k is possible. you just have to be the go to guy. seems none of yall have a clue about what youre talking about lol. i wouldnt say in 1 year but it 100% is possible in the shop😂
$300k is not only doable but run 2-3 rigs. At $200/hr min 4 hours for non scheduled emergency call outs. Scheduled work minimum $400 or truck doesn't move. $45-200 hr/ avg. The sketchier and less prepared you are the more money I make. This is Texas/Oklahoma where there's a pipeliner living on ever block and ever kid grows up making h-posts, 3 corner post , stretch braces. That's why this boys are so good on pipe. They grew up G6 welding 2" dead man's posts before graduating highschool. Got them shoulders and holders in the DNA. We also bullfight. Dumb, but tough is all I can say. Or used to. Now they play fortnight or world of Warcraft and don't buy tools
@martinkansas9187 depends here in South Georgia welders are a dime a dozen, every shed or barn within 50 miles has everything you need to do most welding
@martinkansas9187 😂😂😂 to the bottom part of your sentence. you ain't lyin though man. I'm at the yards now and you rarely come across any 20 year olds. our little group is pretty young. youngest being 20 and the oldest is 30somethin but it's dying out. I'm an 02 kid so I missed out on some great opportunities in the past because I was a teen but at 19 I gained my mmc twic, passport, went to trade school around 20, hit the shop at 21 and now I'm in the yard as a sub contractor. if I told the teens today all that they'd think I'm batshit crazy. all because of how much work it sounds like. and hell yea it wasn't a walk in the park, I endured 2 seizures and went through that hassle to get cleared. I was beyond stressed and vaping didn't help. I'm on a steady coast now, just trying to make a little bit from the yards and traveling but I really want to go back to being a deckhand. I was on a tug in NY making 250 a day at 19. My mind was ready but my conscience wasn't if that makes sense. I started missing everything back home😂 but 45k every 6 months ain't to bad
Tradesmen love making up giant numbers for their take home lol. Welders are especially bad. Go ahead and make up whatever number you want kiddo, won't change the Bureau of Labor Statistics median annual wage of $53k. I know you all ain't making much.
@@sayinwat6768 I get it it’s very misleading for someone to say they make 300k a year without being specific knowing full damn well that’s hella unrealistic
Lmao 🤣 What are there like f****** maybe 500 welders in the country that are making 300k a year unless they own their own business and even then Uncle Sam's and overhead costs are taking most of that.....
About to graduate welding school myself and everyone’s talking about how much money we’re gonna make when we’re in the field. All jobs around here are starting under $20 an hour. Trades are a not a masters degree I feel robbed
Shop work pays $20-$30 on average. If you want to make $40-$60 or more you need to join an iron workers or pipefitters union. If you can handle it. And if you want to make 100k-300k you need a rig. But that ain’t happening out of school. Time to pay your dues. Or go make TikTok’s, I dunno
Welding is probably a better skill to have but it's hot work and you need the patience of a rock. Depends on what kind of truck driving, I do hazmat delivery and the pay is great.
300k? Lol sure. I've been a rig welder and single hand. The most I've made working 40hrs is like 80k after taxes. Like 120k working 60s. Only way I ever hit 150k was working 7/12s
That's not even close to the average. Average welders get paid between 35-75k. If you can TIG with rare alloys you can bump that up to 90k easily, and OT will probably get you 120k-130k. You're out of your mind to think that's the average, though.
@@12crozinidk I see so many randoms on the internet crap out random 100-200k$ numbers in the us. Do they actually work? Are they bots? Never worked in the US but isn’t 40-70k usd normal? 80k would be pretty high rather? In Holland, Europe, 60k€ a year after tax is a nice income.. 100k usd$ would be a very very nice income…
@@okerhrh4139When they say 100k it's always gross, before tax. Take 40% off of that and it's probably near their take home. So 100k/year would be an actual income of 60k/year, not including any property tax and other periphery taxes they may pay.
Why are people not thinking that this man might own a whole company and brand that he uses to not only weld but sell other things like education and consulting. So $300k seems pretty low. Lol I’ve made $520k working from home. Long days but it’s doable. Shoot higher brother.
Some pipe welders make a buck 50 or a bucks 60 a year and then they rent their truck their welder and their pipe welding kit for another 150 so that the company doesn’t have to buy any materials so they’re half contractor renting equipment and half employee or 1099 renting their service. 300,000 a yearis like working 80 to 90 hours a week some people like to work that 12 months year
You don't need safety glasses if you squint hard enough 😂
LMAO NO
Or a new lens🤣
If you close just one eye you decrease your chance of injury by 50%!
Just close your eyes if your good enough
safety squints
Bro must be welding atom bombs for 300 k a year
Edit: okay I get it y’all making 300 k a year welding, I regret my computer science degree
And selling them
the ‘ol blue collar 100 hour work week then round up the best year ever by $100k 😂
@@3jake5mee my step dad brings in abt 200k so
and about half of that goes to the feds
Depends on who you work for cause if you include the per diem you can make $200k+ with the right company
You always think of the weirdest $hit when you weld!🤣
Lmao truth
It puts you in that meditative flow state for sure. It really is a time when you have a lot of ideas.
Fellow shipyard war machine welder here.. that’s when you get to know yourself
it's the fumes
It's like you go to another plain of existence lol
Been welding for years now. Never been perfect, never made 300k, always wear safety glasses. Still support a family doing work I love.
Right on
@@WesternWeldingAcademywheres the 300k figuire coming from?
@@tiernanwearen8096that 1% of pipeline welders or underwater welder
I hey I’m 18 and I’m going to underwater welding school in a few weeks, I’m just curious but how much is your pay
@@BrUh-ve3tqbro you’re better off just going to school for welding vs underwater welding. you will rarely be in the ocean welding, they don’t need it as much. the pay is good ofc but it’s not a job that’s frequent.
If a welder tells you he's making 300k this year, he's lying lmfao.
A welder who is smart and works for himself can easily make 300k a year. Good friend lives in Tampa and only tig welds. He made 250k last year and doesn't even work every day.
Work smarter not harder.
@@cwest394probably owns his own business that’s how
No he’s making it he’s just spending it
@@cwest394 yeah owns his own business... 90% of welders work for someone else lol.
@@cwest394it’s different when you own the business lmao
If welders made as much money as this school says they do, every male in the united states would be a welder
Except welding tig like he is doing takes an immense amount of practice hours and dedication before anyone ever considers you for the job.
@@MrImadeUlol
Tig is easy stick w
Welding. Is welding
@@mikeundereood1071 This shows that you have never touched welding before. Every welder will agree that tig is the hardest. As a pipe welder where your welds have to be immaculate every single time, with no leaks. And where your welds are commonly checked with x-ray. Tig is the most accurate way to weld, you have to control 2 hands at the same time. with 2 millimeter gap from the surface, your hands have to go in a perfect motion for perfection. A stick weld you can almost just look at the thing and it's finished. hardly any work. There is a reason TIG is paid better. it requires more skill.
This is why I took welding during and after high-school and got certified lol my million dollars a year and retire at 40 plan didn't work out quite as I planned 😂
I’m currently in welding school, it feels like you guys are selling a fantasy . Especially how hard it is now . I’m scratching my head wondering what jobs are you guys talking about.
They do that a lot in trade schools. I'm in the trades and I went to school. They exaggerate the earning potential big time.
@@Darkside_co yeah I’m glad I listen to my dad when he said don’t chase the money . I picked welding over electrician
@@Darkside_co yeah my buddy is in welding school and he’s on and off work for their union as a piledriver (dockbuilder). all he wants to do is get his cert and leave but they keep draggin him along 😅 got roped into the promise of a cert that can “take him anywhere”
How much was your tuition
@@oprival1734 10,000
Welders always claim to make a bunch of money till you find out they make $18 an hour working at a shipyard
True, welding is a terrible thing to get into. 2 years school in plant science = 60k a year growing weed, 2 years you can be a cop starting at 50k a year 2 years in welding school 18$ a hour
Wrong type of welding to get into to make money (at a paper plant as we speak)
@@yyeezyy630 cops put their lives at risk for 50k not to mention the other intangibles so thats an asinine point. Any dipshit can grow weed the means and methods are so widely accessible why on earth would you waste time on a degree for it? "Don't go to a vocational school dummies. Get a piece of paper that gets less valuable each time another person earns it instead of a trade that isn't going anywhere"
I've known tig welders make up to $30 hr
@@jamiehill3621 still far from what some claim
300k..... yeah ok.
stainless tig fab here, 25/hr all day
Damn wait state you in?! You getting jacked
You wont ever get close to 300k working hourly…
@@OklahomaRedneck918 im assuming the cooperate side is the way to go?
Sorry what ??? Please please go to your local steamfitter hall and apply please please
I'm a union boilermaker and regardless of what I'm doing at work I make between 38 and 49 dollars an hour the rate changes only state to state but please get out of that spot
You either are terrible at your trade or you don't know your worth.
60$ an hour, 12 Hours every day, no days off. still only $250,000 before tax. please explain how you are gonna make 300k instead of replying with 3 word responses.
Where you work at and what kind of welding you do for 60 per hour?
@@dannyboydeluxfromthebigitybay just saying that as an example.
@@dannyboydeluxfromthebigitybayhe is saying this guy ain't making 300k a year
@@USDM2JZ300when you do 12s at power plants during a shutdown they give you double time not overtime
$60. for the 1st 8, then $90. ot for 4hrs. X 365 is 305,840.00 😅
Even in a Navy yard there are down days
You can make 300k a year, you just got to give Robert Kraft massages every day
wait... he pays you guys!?
You got to run his bead
Bro earns 300k zimbabwean dollars💀
🤣
Why do you lie about how much you can make as a welder to get people to apply to your school?
Because the school is how HE makes $300k/yr lol.
All schools do that. They’re all just like recruiters for the military. If there’s a field that the elites think will be in great demand in the near future, they try to funnel every kid they can into it. So much so that by the time they’re through, that job doesn’t pay much at all.
Why is he lying? You can make that welding.
To make that you can’t be a knuckle dragger and a lot of you are…..
So 300 K is the new 100 K right lol used to be 100 K was attainable now. Inflation is so bad everybody’s making 100 K. So now everyone’s lying talking about they’re making 300k when in reality it’s like four guys lol
I’m a tig welder making $20 an hour 😂 kinda fucked
I've gotten pay raises with more experience, don't give up, I've been there.
Get your certs bro a tig welder with their aerospace certs make bank
Not trying to be like that but there wouldn’t be tig jobs paying $20/hr if people like you would deny the job.
If you weld and are working for someone you’re doing it wrong.
Bro…. you are getting fucked HARD.
I should have worn those safety glasses that one time is so fucking real
are they talking about noticing permanent eye damage since then?
@RabidLemurs the ringing driving you mad as well? I have to constantly have some kind of background noise or it will drive me mad. They never tell you this. Only that you will go deaf. Well my idea of what i thought deaf was is a hell of a lot better than loud ass ringing that never goes away. One particular morning i woke up and it was so loud i thought the fire alarm was going off. That was until I covered my ears and it made it worse. It was so disorienting that i couldnt drive and had to have my girlfriend pick me up to take me to the hospital. I threw up 3 times on the way there and 3 more times while there only for them to say theres nothimg they can do. I was so desperate i asked if they could just snip something and i would gladly be deaf. Thats when I learned that they dont even know where the ringing is coming from. If its originating in the ear or if its your brain misinterpreting what the ear is telling it from damage over the years. Which makes since because people with head injuries experience the same thing and it wasmt their ear that was injured. Idk good luck to you though.
No way you are pullin 300k when you're dressed and outfitted like that. You ain't even pullin apprentice wages. 300k😂😂
I want to see a 300k weld 😮
This is a video for a welding school page. Guy is a teacher making TikTok videos about welding. Relax clown, you still live in your mother’s basement. What’s McDonald’s paying you these days?
Reality. 57,000 after 2 years experience on the line. She's late this month. Truck payments for 7 years. Mom and dad want me to move out of the basement by end of the month.
Should have pulled out and got a lease 😂
@@Iwontreadyourreply😂😂😂
Lmao every welder is a millionaire in his own mind
Troo
Not this one bud.
The fumes
300k a year lol
He’s shot and gullible . 70-110k before sidework after sidework ????
That’s what I’m saying. Another tradesman grossly exaggerating his salary. My buddy is a dive welder and be makes about 100k a year contracting out to oil rigs in the ocean and stuff and he can be gone from 3-12 months any given year. 100k for his passion, at the cost of being away from his friends and family often. He even had a military contract and only got like 30k for the job. So there’s no way in hell this dudes walks into a shop everyday and makes more than those guys do. I think even the most successful tradesman with popular companies probably make close 200k on a good year and that’s likely in the
It’s like saying become a software engineer you will make 800k a year. Yeah 0.1% do actually make that but you definitely won’t.
@@Twizzzumsdamn
@@Twizzzumsyour buddy doesn’t own his own equipment 😢
Also lying is part of their job they tell non welders that they make an absurd amount of money just to make their job sound interesting
Yeah I’ve yet to see pay stubs, tax returns, hourly pay. Even things they own. It’s just them working saying “I make 2-300k” with no proof.
@user-vg8tv1hp9c they don't have time to own anything there beds are on the floor in the corner of the shop😂
The hell kinda welding job pays 300K a year wtf? It's more like 30000€ here
Space welder
If you're paid by the hour and not by the job... you aren't touching 300k. Probably under 200k gross.
Try 18$ a hour and 22 if you can tig. This guys full of it
@yyeezyy630 if you're doing TIG for anything less than 6 figures you should move. 🤣
"Im gunna make $300k this year"
Yeah, OK buddy 😂
Maybe he welds on only fans...
You can easily make that welding if you want it and have the skill
@@JonCampo91yeah sure bud
@@ArteUltra1195 Fr. Welding is a great job and I'm sure you can make a decent living at it but these mfs in here actin like it's wallstreet banking or some shit. Y'all aint making that gtfo 😂
@@SaBuCheeeikr blue collar work is just generally paying more cuz people are lazy m. My neighbor has been a welder for a while and he makes crazy money.
Yeah the stress of feeling like I need to be perfect gets to me sometimes. I build high end designer stuff for multimillion dollar homes. I don't have to worry about weld tests, but the fab, grinding and welds need to be near perfect every time.
I do the same thing where are u at /how much do you make
Interested in the welding field.
Where can I see your work?
I work on nuclear submarines so I totally feel your stress
@@hhhsss6076I took a year out of school to get some money so I got a job at a nearby gate factory, I’m 19 and now they want me to be able to weld, I have 0 clue what I’m doing and no experience, I’m scared of the health risks I just feel very overwhelmed, but I only have around 7 months before I go back to education, is there any help, tips or anything you can give me?
@matthewg7002 that sounds awesome!
Maybe 300,000 Chinese Yuan 😮
Unless you are a dive welder, I don't think you're making 300k.
Wear the face shield when grinding! I had to carry a shipmate to medical once when a disc got buried in his cheek. The noises he made will never be forgotten.
What ship?
@@oleander211the Ship of Fools
Yep. Seen that before with a coworker.
Buddy, YOU think you need to be perfect at work. I fix helicopters
Sounds like someone should’ve paid for your services in a nation somewhere. Oh well. Might’ve been pilot error.
I manufacture medical devices. Perfection is the norm.
Idk why anyone want to use helicopters.. So not safe.
i weld submarines and aircraft carriers together lol
@@brandons9138I use IVD Medical devices to diagnose life-threatening conditions. Perfection should definitely be the norm.
300k$ a year?
this man is the Pentagon's on site welder
"that one time"
You mean, 90% more often?
If they make so much, why do they cry to the mechanic for cheaper price. They have the egos that can compare to a cop and the brains to match. I see a lot of them sitting home during the week waiting for a call to work. I'm not sure how they can sit home so much and still be working.
I know a guy who welds....he just sits on his ass all day, selling heroin and won't accept any work because "he makes more welding". Then why aren't you working? Cause he's full of shit.
according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual salary for a welder is $50,460. The lowest ten percent of earners make around $35,380, while the highest ten percent of earners make a median salary of $68,760.
This is accurate
Tradesman always get very defensive about their pay. Welders are especially bad. See them all the time making up insane salaries on social media. I'm guessing they have a lot of free time and a self importance complex.
That means more than likely only less less than 2% earn 100 K or more🤣
@@stevecarswell6329yeah they do, a lot of people do, or they’ll hit you with the oh I know somebody making this much. Reality is most people whether they got a four-year degree or went to trade school or through an apprenticeship or whatever aren’t making shit. Earning 100K a year is more rare than a lot of people think. Now 300k, the only trades people making that are not working for somebody else🤣. Cosmetology is another one where they just try to sell you a dream.
You are not making $300,000. With some skill and travel you can get around 150k, that’s reasonable. Your odds of exceeding that significantly are slim. Don’t just round it up. 🙄
300k a year while welding in a facility booth?
Yes!
Highly skilled welders are sooo hard to find! I'm working for a big shipyard and we have like 3k people work for us but theres only like maybe ~30 welders that are masters of their craft which barely makes them 1% of the total employees.
These guys could quit on the spot and have a new job in the next 2 minutes if they bothered to save a number in their phone for that purpose 😂
@@ProfDocGamer theyre not making 300k
@@JesseWelds That totally depends mate, I know some welders making as much as some Managers. Of course we are not talking millions but they make decent money if they are freelancers.
Of course you can always construct a special situation that better/worse, but yea, good welders are rare and very well paid where I'm from
@@ProfDocGamer yeah exactly. They were in the field. Doing real welder shit. Not posting videos on social media like an apprentice
If these dudes keep lying about the pay then in a few years the general salary with decrease even more because of all the new dudes joining , thinking this is actually possible
Dont forget your lungs are gone and your life expectancy is shortened 😂
Not to mention eyes, and skin.
Thats why gasmasks are a thing.
@@edua999 And he aint wearing one lol
@@lostincollegetown6068 yeah hes dumb
@@edua999
Gasmasks wont do sht. Need a respirator system and even then most of the time to cumbersome to wear.
You aint makin no 300k a year unless your running your own business and turnin big contracts. I got a good friend been in the industry for 15 years and works all over the country and he doin between $90k and $100k a year.
Hahah exactly! $300k a year working for someone else on this kind of job is next to none. $300k a year working for someone else.. only available on corporate ladder/Law firm/Medical scene
@@MaseraStevei grossed 576k last year. But my expenses were high as fuck! Lol only cleared 115,200.
@@Tejaneaux-ic8dp ah you have a workshop eh? appreciate the grind dude..still a fantastic achievement! I knew a guy who own a workshop on my old country, it's tough biz cause people want to bargain the price more. Like for real, you wanted a bigass discount that ended up cutting the salary of the worker too? He turned a lot of project off because of that Damn people these day
@@MaseraSteve i drive trucks. I have 2 in the fleet. Was able to gross that with one semi but companies not paying as much and everyones goin out of business in truckin.
@@Tejaneaux-ic8dp ah Cool I see.. so some of the news are kind of accurate huh? What a shame, with this kind inflation we have today some some dare to cut the salary out is insane idea to me. We used to have a distribution company, so we know how thing works. Reducing salary is a no no. Should've reduce the amount of new employee. That's the way for it. Oh fun fact, we're also being pushed by the even larger corporation to meet their ever so increasing quota. If not, sayonara to our contract. Our last straw were they asking for more than we can hold on our warehouse.. while we only get 1-2% of profit per product inhuman biz to be honest
If you're making 300k then your'e working underwater in Alaska, but yeah, take care of your eyes and say goodbye to your knees...
You can clear 200-300 pipelining, I work with boys who have the pay cheques to prove it. But it’s only a handful of them. The best of the best.
In the field maybe not in no shop mite as well flip burgers
300k 😂😂😂 you got a very long way to go for that
Are used to think I was worried about being perfect every time when I was a mechanic, but now that I’m doing AEMT training I really feel it
Aircraft maintenance? How do you like it? I’ve been in auto for about 2 years and my brother’s going through an AMT program
Aye well plumbers make about that much rolling in 💩 all day
“When are you a welder and realize” Sounds like a welder talking
$300K a year is a fraudulently unlikely amount, according to the other comments
It’s possible. If you’re the best of the best.
@@Iwontreadyourreply yeah it's possible to make 300k doing anything, just statistically unlikely.
dude must be working on usaf underwater airbase to be making that kind of cash as a welder.
Tried getting into welding, did 1 year with boilermakers and found out there really wasn't that much actual welding needing to be done. All new construction is done and the rest is a gamble on which contractor gets what site. Not worth it.
“Why is my is my left ear ringing like crazy” or is that just me 😅
Ear plugs
“ safety squints “
how are your eyes lol
I wear sunglasses in the rain. 😂😂
Cleetus
@WesternWeldingAcademy scumbag
Do you gotta be perfect in the sense of being perfectly dressed or else like, you'll catch yourself on fire? Or you have to do your work perfectly? I hear stories of welders making mistakes and just rinse and repeat so I don't think perfection is required, just a lot of tedium
After accidently flashing myself once and only once because I forgot to flip my hood down Ill never make that mistake again, pain is an excellent teacher.
Is tig that bright? I weld with mig and stick and i flash myself like once a day😂
I have a sign on my bedroom wall that says, First pants, then shoes.
@@BigAsianJesus
I feel bad for your eyes...
300k? Been at it 15 years. Idk why people get this is their head lol.. underwater i guess maybe. But maybe 1% of welding population.
Ya these dudes out here promising you 17 mil a year plus 50k per diem lmao been welding for going on 6 years and have been a weld boss for a year and a half…..still waiting on that 300k 😂
Yeah its crazy we gotta be perfect every time...collage educated professionals can fuck up every day and still get paid!? their only human ya know😡
So much bullshit!
300K? Come on now. What are you welding space ships under water? You are lying on social media to get clout from people you don't even know. Its people like you that give welders the reputation of being arrogant. You do the entire industry a disservice by saying ridiculous things like that. Best welders I ever met were always humble.
Why do people brag about their income?
He’s exaggerating for a TikTok video, relax
In my line of work of logistics. We brag about the money... i bust out spreadsheets... but when others do it and just show they checks. And when i find out how they doin numbers... its usually because they are operating illegally and are about to get shut down by the feds.
this account is so cringe. just trying to trick young people into thinking welding is 300k yearly starting. only a welding account would post fake salaries and expecting no body to fact check.
This school is a scourge to the industry. The kids come out and cant do anything.
And who told you that? LOL
@@WesternWeldingAcademychump in a booth 300k ,ya ok
@@oakridgeboy2023congrats, you’re part of the 90% in this comment section that’s too dumb to realize this is sarcastic 😂
Bait and switch. In theory if he worked 120 hours a week 52 weeks a year it would be 300k.
Gonna let the gas cool that orrrrrr oxidize everything? Post flow has a purpose
Your still in the academy buddy clam down and pay your student loan
Delete this false advertising garbage sasse scammers back in action
False advertising? No. Very rare? Yes.
Less than 1% of welders make that $300k
Lets be real.
Or just learn how to grow plants and make 35k a week
What kind of plants bring 35k a week?
@@Roogla-b6p mary jane
@@Roogla-b6p the ones that make you see pretty colors
Guess
@@Roogla-b6p you're biden level intelligence huh
I know people who’s making more money in the trucking industry and doesn’t have to risk their health while doing it, driving rigs if the way to go 💪🏾💯
Man I've been in O&G since I was old enough to work and never met a welder who even cleared the $200k/yr mark
They'd have to run their own business for custom design stuff. That's the only way. Each employee a business hires is profit, you have 10 employees? that's 10 profits, even after their hourly pay.
A lot of people always say rig welders can clear 200k which is true. But sfter you have to replace all your consumables, gas, abrasives, truck maintenace, material etc. Youll probably bring home 120k of that after taxes, workong 6 or 7 12s for a whole year.
@@kylejames255 oh for sure. I suppose working all that OT and charging for consumables you'd do pretty well.
Yeah man they got to quit lying to these people starting out. Like, wasn’t there supposed to be this huge shortage in welders happening right now? But it never happened.
@@RiseSteadyNC no joke, I'm in a ridiculously lucky position making $230ish per year. Phased array ultrasound inspection. I work offshore for 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off, AND because I get a guaranteed 40hr per week I get paid even during the 2 weeks I'm sitting at home ($65/hr). I just happened to stumble into a very niche market where I have some rare certifications
The welding helmet is possesed
its got a voice that talks to you everytime you are alone
$46/hr Reg * 40 hrs = $1840
$69/hr OT * 44 hrs = $3036
$150/day per diem * 7 = $1050
Gross = $308,152
There’s jobs out there, stop welding for less and it’ll drive the wages up kings
(That’s a lower wage example too btw)
Anybody can just post a bunch of numbers that add up to 300,000....where's your proof?
300k is the 1% of the 1% don't set your hearts on this unless you've been welding a long time and you're darn good. But if you stay busy traveling, you can make 100k fairly easy.
Dude that 300k comes from the few that weld for spacex or somethin like that
Not even SpaceX 300k some bullshit
I fab and weld for space x nobody on my shop floor is over 150k
Well I stand corrected
Spacex starts st $27/ hr for welders
@@MikesFitnessGoals I was gonna say! I’m in L.A. and seen some jobs in Hawthorn offering $20 for SpaceX lmao!
Iv always thought high level welding was cool
Good ol’ osha approves safety squints
This is probably a joke about carbon monoxide poisoning
this channel is a welding school and all you non tradesman dont know what a joke is. from working in a mig shop for aluminum and steel i can assure you 300k is possible. you just have to be the go to guy. seems none of yall have a clue about what youre talking about lol. i wouldnt say in 1 year but it 100% is possible in the shop😂
$300k is not only doable but run 2-3 rigs. At $200/hr min 4 hours for non scheduled emergency call outs. Scheduled work minimum $400 or truck doesn't move. $45-200 hr/ avg. The sketchier and less prepared you are the more money I make. This is Texas/Oklahoma where there's a pipeliner living on ever block and ever kid grows up making h-posts, 3 corner post , stretch braces. That's why this boys are so good on pipe. They grew up G6 welding 2" dead man's posts before graduating highschool. Got them shoulders and holders in the DNA. We also bullfight. Dumb, but tough is all I can say. Or used to. Now they play fortnight or world of Warcraft and don't buy tools
@martinkansas9187 depends here in South Georgia welders are a dime a dozen, every shed or barn within 50 miles has everything you need to do most welding
@martinkansas9187 😂😂😂 to the bottom part of your sentence. you ain't lyin though man. I'm at the yards now and you rarely come across any 20 year olds. our little group is pretty young. youngest being 20 and the oldest is 30somethin but it's dying out. I'm an 02 kid so I missed out on some great opportunities in the past because I was a teen but at 19 I gained my mmc twic, passport, went to trade school around 20, hit the shop at 21 and now I'm in the yard as a sub contractor. if I told the teens today all that they'd think I'm batshit crazy. all because of how much work it sounds like. and hell yea it wasn't a walk in the park, I endured 2 seizures and went through that hassle to get cleared. I was beyond stressed and vaping didn't help. I'm on a steady coast now, just trying to make a little bit from the yards and traveling but I really want to go back to being a deckhand. I was on a tug in NY making 250 a day at 19. My mind was ready but my conscience wasn't if that makes sense. I started missing everything back home😂 but 45k every 6 months ain't to bad
@@martinkansas9187"the boys are so good on pipe" 🤨
Tradesmen love making up giant numbers for their take home lol. Welders are especially bad. Go ahead and make up whatever number you want kiddo, won't change the Bureau of Labor Statistics median annual wage of $53k. I know you all ain't making much.
Don’t know why it’s hard to believe I’ve seen pays stubs from welders it’s possible
It really is!
And now you're blind
Yeah right lol I hope they don’t sell that 300k crap to the kids they’re taking money from.
That's probably exactly what they do
300k my ass lol
Alright lol
When you own your own business you can make way more than that if you put in the work
@@sayinwat6768 I get it it’s very misleading for someone to say they make 300k a year without being specific knowing full damn well that’s hella unrealistic
@@YoungNippleMusicdude isn’t clearing that cash 😂 he’s full of shit. His entire page is nothing but horse shit 😂
Welders go into welding being told they will make 300k a year. The joke is on them😂
Out in California they pay 10k a week for pipe fitters and welders. Union baby😎
Yeah good luck getting in though, the iron union sucks ass so guys always go for the welding jobs over running rebar
Thats over $165 per hour for 60 hours a week, that is 8 am to 6 pm no lunch break, 6 days a week. For real?
@@bautistaperticacabrera520 yes unions in California pay very good money buy it takes a few years to get there and not always easy getting in
Iron workers dont make more than plumbers, or electricians wtf union you talkin bout
@@ElPlomeroChingon I never said they did dopey ass lol. I just said I know they pay good in the union once they hit journey man level
bro aint even out the tradeschool parking lot talking about 300k
300k?!
Cents
Lmao 🤣 What are there like f****** maybe 500 welders in the country that are making 300k a year unless they own their own business and even then Uncle Sam's and overhead costs are taking most of that.....
You might get be making 300k but most aren't
70-80k I’d realistic
That’s fine for me I’ll work my way up
@@jackfuego1030 I'm speaking on the issue of people acting as if it's the norm and not the exception. No doubt I believe you can become the exception.
@@danielclipper931 oh no not you man I was actually replying to the 70-80k comment Mybad. But thanks man I hope to attain that level as well💯
He probably works for himself. Think outside of the box fellas, you can make way more than 300k. Own your own business!!!!!!!
You're playing 2 truths and a lie wrong, there's supposed to only be one lie.
About to graduate welding school myself and everyone’s talking about how much money we’re gonna make when we’re in the field. All jobs around here are starting under $20 an hour. Trades are a not a masters degree I feel robbed
Shop work pays $20-$30 on average. If you want to make $40-$60 or more you need to join an iron workers or pipefitters union. If you can handle it. And if you want to make 100k-300k you need a rig. But that ain’t happening out of school. Time to pay your dues. Or go make TikTok’s, I dunno
Go for jobs with $45 an hour or higher.
bro is welding te plate tectonics for 300k
Hi is truck driving better or welding job..I'm in canada.
Welding is probably a better skill to have but it's hot work and you need the patience of a rock. Depends on what kind of truck driving, I do hazmat delivery and the pay is great.
Hazmat certs for truck driving gets you paid well
Welding
based on your name (lol) try trucking, you'll fit right in and your community will welcome you
300k? Lol sure. I've been a rig welder and single hand. The most I've made working 40hrs is like 80k after taxes. Like 120k working 60s. Only way I ever hit 150k was working 7/12s
This was perfect 👍🏻
Thank you!
@@WesternWeldingAcademy “oh lawd” 😎
@@acethashoota7669 😂
Where did I go wrong
Ayooo 300k a year💀😳
😎😎
Is it real?😳
@@Evoguy9nope
this is propaganda
Average welder doesnt make much at all maybe 150k-200k a year
Since when is not much 150-200k
That's not even close to the average. Average welders get paid between 35-75k.
If you can TIG with rare alloys you can bump that up to 90k easily, and OT will probably get you 120k-130k. You're out of your mind to think that's the average, though.
Nigga I make like 40 grand a year lol
@@12crozinidk I see so many randoms on the internet crap out random 100-200k$ numbers in the us. Do they actually work? Are they bots? Never worked in the US but isn’t 40-70k usd normal? 80k would be pretty high rather? In Holland, Europe, 60k€ a year after tax is a nice income.. 100k usd$ would be a very very nice income…
@@okerhrh4139When they say 100k it's always gross, before tax. Take 40% off of that and it's probably near their take home. So 100k/year would be an actual income of 60k/year, not including any property tax and other periphery taxes they may pay.
Why are people not thinking that this man might own a whole company and brand that he uses to not only weld but sell other things like education and consulting. So $300k seems pretty low. Lol I’ve made $520k working from home. Long days but it’s doable. Shoot higher brother.
300k? Must be doing underwater welding
Show paystub
Some pipe welders make a buck 50 or a bucks 60 a year and then they rent their truck their welder and their pipe welding kit for another 150 so that the company doesn’t have to buy any materials so they’re half contractor renting equipment and half employee or 1099 renting their service. 300,000 a yearis like working 80 to 90 hours a week some people like to work that 12 months year
Man they must need students dropping numbers like 300k. Tig welding pipe from 2011-2015 never made more tham 90k. With per diem.
300K LMAOOOOO MY ASSCHEEKS