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Welding Schools in Alabama
Colleges and schools: 21
Programs
21
all sources
Median pay
$48,490
welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025; U.S. $53,750
On the WIOA list
29
Welding programs, U.S. DOL file
Welding Schools in Alabama: the figures
- Programs we list
- 21 in Alabama: 21 at colleges and schools.
- Colleges and schools
- 20 public and 1 private; 1,329 welding completions in 2023-24 at the 19 that reported any (IPEDS).
- Median pay
- $48,490 a year for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers in Alabama, against $53,750 for the U.S. (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
- WIOA training funds
- WIOA in Alabama: 454 programs from 77 providers on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 29 of them welding.
- WIOA results
- 29 welding programs on Alabama's list; middle values: 71.4% of students who exited completed (25 programs report it); 28.3% were employed in the second quarter after exit (12); $5,601 median earnings in that quarter (12) (U.S. DOL file, which notes a data quality issue with this state's outcomes).
- Metro areas
- 1 Alabama metro area has a page; the largest list, Birmingham, has 3 programs.
By metro area
- Birmingham area3 programs · median pay $49,930
Every welding program in Alabama
- College programs, cost and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
- WIOA list: DOL TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171), read October 8, 2026.
- Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025, Alabama, read October 8, 2026.
The same in every state: ways to pay for welding training