Salario de Soldador en Kansas (2026)

Vale la pena saber: Kansas's distinctive Wichita aerospace welder cluster (Spirit AeroSystems + Textron Aviation Beechcraft + Cessna + Boeing Wichita defense + Bombardier Learjet) + McConnell AFB + Fort Riley + Fort Leavenworth + Cargill + National Beef meat processing concentration is the country's substantial distinctive Plains aerospace welder cluster most national welder-career surveys understate. Spirit AeroSystems Wichita (~12K Spirit Wichita employees + the substantial Spirit AeroSystems as the country's substantial largest aerostructures manufacturer + the substantial Spirit 737 MAX fuselage + 787 fuselage + 777 fuselage + wing + the substantial Spirit nacelle + pylon + struts + the substantial post-2024 Boeing reacquisition of Spirit AeroSystems for ~$8.3B + the substantial Spirit cleared facility + the substantial Spirit AS9100 aerospace + AWS D17.1 + the substantial Spirit Wichita IAM International Association of Machinists Local 839 collective bargaining + the substantial Spirit post-1929 Wichita aerospace heritage Walter Beech + Olive Ann Beech + Clyde Cessna + Stearman) supports the country's substantial Wichita aerospace welder market — Spirit AeroSystems senior aerospace welders clear $72-118K + OT with AWS D17.1 + AS9100 + IAM Local 839 collective bargaining premium. Textron Aviation Wichita Beechcraft + Cessna (the substantial Textron Aviation post-2014 Beechcraft acquisition + the substantial Textron Cessna Citation jet + King Air + Hawker + the substantial Textron Beechcraft King Air + Bonanza + the substantial Textron Aviation ~9K Wichita employees + the substantial Textron Aviation welder + AS9100 + AWS D17.1) + Boeing Wichita defense (post-2005 Spirit spinoff + the substantial Boeing Wichita defense welder + AWS D17.1 + AS9100 + cleared facility + the substantial Boeing Wichita defense ~3K employees) + Bombardier Learjet Wichita (post-2022 Learjet production cessation + the substantial Bombardier Wichita service center + the substantial Bombardier Wichita historic 1963 Learjet 23 + the substantial Bombardier Wichita ~1K employees) supports specialized aerospace welder work. McConnell AFB Wichita (~3K McConnell personnel + the substantial 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-46 Pegasus + KC-135 Stratotanker + the substantial McConnell post-2024 KC-46 Pegasus full delivery + the substantial McConnell AFB cleared welder + AWS D17.1 + cleared facility) supports specialized aerospace cleared welder work. Fort Riley + Fort Leavenworth + USDB depot maintenance welder + the substantial DoD ground support equipment welder + the substantial Cargill + ADM grain processing + ethanol + Tyson Liberal + National Beef Garden City + Cargill Dodge City meat processing stainless welder + the substantial Western KS meat processing supports specialized food processing welder work. Boilermakers Local 83 Kansas City MO cross-border + United Association Plumbers Pipefitters Local 441 Wichita + UA Local 533 Kansas City + IBEW Local 271 Wichita + Ironworkers Local 10 Kansas City cross-border + Sheet Metal Workers Local 36 Kansas City cross-border + the substantial KS building trades operate substantial collective bargaining at KS industrial + aerospace + meat processing prevailing wage rates — though KS IS a Right-to-Work state (signed 1958) limiting union security clauses, the substantial KS building trades retain prevailing-wage public works contracts + the substantial Spirit AeroSystems IAM Local 839 + Textron Aviation IAM Local 70 + Boeing IAM Local 834 union representation. AWS Certified Welder + 6G + API 1104 + ASME Section IX + AWS D1.1 + AWS D17.1 aerospace + AS9100 + cleared facility cert drive 30-60% wage premium. WSU Tech + JCCC + Flint Hills Tech + Salina Area Tech + Manhattan Area Tech + Boilermakers Local 83 Kansas City apprenticeship + Spirit AeroSystems IAM Local 839 apprenticeship pipeline. KS progressive 5.2-5.58% + KS 6.5% sales tax + KS NO estate tax + KS IS a Right-to-Work state anchor the KS welder proposition.