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Career Information for Welders in New Mexico

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Fast Facts for Welders in New Mexico

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Farmington
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Albuquerque
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Albuquerque

Salaries for Welders in New Mexico

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

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New Mexico Welding Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerqueAssociate22,759
Clovis Community CollegeClovisAssociate3,706
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell CampusRoswellAssociate3,917
Luna Community CollegeLas VegasAssociate2,112
New Mexico Junior CollegeHobbsAssociate3,001
New Mexico State University-CarlsbadCarlsbadAssociate1,425
New Mexico State University-Dona AnaLas CrucesAssociate7,803
New Mexico State University-GrantsGrantsAssociate798
Northern New Mexico CollegeEspanolaBachelor2,237
San Juan CollegeFarmingtonAssociate6,991
University of New Mexico-Gallup CampusGallupAssociate2,636
Western New Mexico UniversitySilver CityMasters2,697

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Welders

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for New Mexico. 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

NEW MEXICO

   
Farmington590$47,1105
Las Cruces170$35,1101.2
Albuquerque610$33,0700.6
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