Welding Schools in the Seattle area

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area

Programs

2 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$66,240

welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, BLS May 2025

Welding Schools in the Seattle area at a glance

Open to the public: 7 programs: 7 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Seattle: 2 within 10 miles; nearest 4.5 miles, farthest 35.3 miles
Length on the WIOA list: 7 listed programs give weeks: 22 to 70 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 302 welding awards at the 7 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 7 of 7 on Washington's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 73% of exiters employed in the second quarter (5 report it); middle completion 71% (7 report it)
Pay here: $66,240 median for welders, cutters, solderers and brazers ($31.85 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $50,270 to $89,630; 3,230 employed in the metro area; Washington median $63,020 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Completions	Miles
South Seattle CollegeWIOA list	Seattle	Certificate	55	4.5
Renton Technical CollegeWIOA list	Renton	Certificate	33	5.3
Green River CollegeWIOA list	Auburn	Certificate	12	13.8
Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyWIOA list	Kirkland	Certificate	32	15.4
Bates Technical CollegeWIOA list	Tacoma	Certificate	44	18.6
Clover Park Technical CollegeWIOA list	Lakewood	Certificate	53	24.3
Everett Community CollegeWIOA list	Everett	Certificate	73	35.3

WIOA in Washington: 5,195 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 112 of them Welding.
Pell Grants for short programs
Workforce Pell
GI Bill