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Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

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.

AI exposure36 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation19
Freedom to set tasks60
Repeating the same tasks54
$53,750Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+2.4%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (below average)BLS Employment Projections
41Skill durability (fragile)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Monitoring
63
50
Critical Thinking
63
47
Judgment and Decision Making
63
47
Active Listening
63
41
Speaking
63
41
Complex Problem Solving
62
38
Coordination
62
35
Active Learning
62
31
Time Management
61
44
Reading Comprehension
61
38
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
31
Writing
60
19
Learning Strategies
58
25
Instructing
58
25
Systems Analysis
57
31
Service Orientation
56
28
Systems Evaluation
56
28
Persuasion
54
22
Mathematics
53
28
Negotiation
52
22
Science
52
16
Management of Personnel Resources
50
22
Operations Analysis
49
19
Installation
48
13
Quality Control Analysis
47
53
Troubleshooting
47
38
Equipment Selection
47
31
Equipment Maintenance
47
16
Management of Financial Resources
47
16
Management of Material Resources
47
16
Technology Design
47
13
Operations Monitoring
46
44
Repairing
46
22
Programming
45
0
Operation and Control
43
41

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

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75/100 match
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$68,270
10-yr growth
-1.6%
Skill gap
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Retraining
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$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
36%
Retraining
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Skills to build: Writing, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Analysis

73/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
36%
Retraining
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Skills to build: Active Learning, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Active Listening

73/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$53,140
10-yr growth
+36.5%
Skill gap
30%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Installation, Active Learning, Coordination, Reading Comprehension

#6Dental HygienistsHealthcare
71/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$98,100
10-yr growth
+8%
Skill gap
28%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Writing, Active Listening, Persuasion, Instructing

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.