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Career Information for Welders in Kentucky

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Fast Facts for Welders in Kentucky

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Owensboro and Louisville
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Bowling Green and Lexington
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Louisville and Lexington

Salaries for Welders in Kentucky

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Elizabethtown and Louisville. (See table at bottom of page)

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Kentucky Welding Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshlandAssociate4,675
Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburgAssociate4,856
Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexingtonAssociate11,596
Bowling Green Technical CollegeBowling GreenAssociate4,953
Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtownAssociate5,506
Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazardAssociate4,457
Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisvilleAssociate15,475
Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonvilleAssociate4,363
Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysvilleAssociate3,630
Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboroAssociate5,435
Somerset Community CollegeSomersetAssociate7,110
Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeCumberlandAssociate4,847
West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducahAssociate7,090

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Welders

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Kentucky. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Welders

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Welders relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

KENTUCKY

   
Owensboro550$32,5905.1
Louisville2,810$34,5201.8
Elizabethtown160$38,2501.7
Lexington670$33,5801.1
Bowling Green70$28,6100.5
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