Salario de Soldador en Maine (2026)

Vale la pena saber: Maine's substantial Bath Iron Works DDG-51 + DDG-1000 + DDG(X) destroyer welder concentration + Pratt & Whitney North Berwick jet engine welder + Lonza Brunswick biologics welder is the country's substantial distinctive Northeast US naval + aerospace + biologics welder cluster most national welder-career surveys understate. The country's substantial Maine Bath Iron Works General Dynamics (Bath Iron Works ~6.5K BIW employees + the substantial BIW DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer + DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class + DDG(X) future surface combatant + the substantial post-2024 BIW DDG-51 Flight III production + the substantial BIW post-2024 ~$2.6B DDG-51 multi-ship contract + the substantial BIW cleared facility + the substantial BIW shipyard heritage post-1884 + the substantial BIW Sagadahoc River dry dock + the substantial BIW Land Level Transfer Facility + the substantial BIW Air Independent Cradle Mover) supports the country's substantial concentrated Northeast US naval destroyer welder market — BIW senior naval welders clear $72-118K + OT with AWS D1.1 + cleared facility access + the substantial BIW S6 IAM collective bargaining premium. Pratt & Whitney North Berwick (RTX subsidiary + the substantial Pratt & Whitney F100 F-15 + F-16 + F-22 + F119 F-22 + F135 F-35 + PW1000G GTF + the substantial PW North Berwick post-2024 GTF Advantage + the substantial PW titanium + Inconel + nickel superalloy + exotic alloy welder + the substantial PW CAD CAM precision welder + the substantial PW North Berwick ~2.5K employees) supports specialized jet engine welder work — PW North Berwick aerospace welders clear $72-118K with NAS 410 + AWS aerospace + the substantial Pratt & Whitney aerospace certification. Lonza Brunswick biologics (post-2023 $850M+ Lonza Brunswick biologics manufacturing expansion + the substantial Lonza biologics stainless + sanitary welder + GMP + ASME BPE + the substantial Lonza COVID-19 vaccine + cell + gene therapy manufacturing) supports specialized biologics + biopharmaceutical welder work — Lonza biologics welders clear $68-108K with GMP + ASME BPE biopharmaceutical equipment cert. Boilermakers Local 29 Boston MA cross-border + United Association Plumbers Pipefitters Local 716 Portland + IBEW Local 1253 Augusta + Ironworkers Local 7 Boston cross-border + the substantial BIW S6 IAM/IAM SEPA + Marine Draftsmen Association MDA + IBPAT Local 1010 + the substantial ME building trades operate substantial collective bargaining at ME industrial + shipyard + aerospace + biologics prevailing wage rates — ME NOT a RTW state + ME recognizes public-sector + private-sector collective bargaining. AWS Certified Welder + 6G + API 1104 + ASME Section IX + AWS D1.1 + NAS 410 aerospace + ASME BPE biopharmaceutical cert drive 30-60% wage premium. SMCC + York County CC + Eastern Maine CC + Northern Maine CC + Washington County CC + the substantial BIW S6 IAM apprenticeship + Pratt & Whitney apprenticeship pipeline. ME progressive top 7.15% + ME estate tax $6.41M + ME NOT a RTW state anchor the ME welder proposition.