Salario de Soldador en Misisipi (2026)

Vale la pena saber: Mississippi's distinctive Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula + NASA Stennis Space Center + Nissan Canton + Toyota Mississippi Blue Springs + Severstal + SDI Columbus steel mill concentration is the country's substantial distinctive Gulf Coast naval + rocket engine + automotive + steel welder cluster most national welder-career surveys understate. Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula (the substantial Ingalls as the country's substantial largest US naval shipbuilder by employment + ~11K Ingalls Pascagoula employees + the substantial Ingalls HII Huntington Ingalls Industries + the substantial Ingalls DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer welder + LPD-17 San Antonio-class amphibious + LHA-6 America-class amphibious assault + the substantial Ingalls USCGC National Security Cutter + the substantial Ingalls post-2024 DDG-51 Flight III production + the substantial Ingalls post-2024 Constellation FFG-62 frigate participation + the substantial Ingalls AWS D1.1 + AWS D17.1 + the substantial Ingalls cleared facility + the substantial Ingalls Pascagoula Metal Trades Council + IBEW Local 733 + Boilermakers Local 693 + Pipefitters Local 436 + Ironworkers Local 798 + Sheet Metal Workers Local 441 collective bargaining premium + the substantial Ingalls post-1938 historic + the substantial Ingalls dry dock + waterfront construction) supports the country's substantial concentrated Gulf Coast naval welder market — Ingalls Pascagoula senior naval welders clear $72-118K + OT with AWS D1.1 + cleared facility access + Metal Trades Council collective bargaining premium. NASA John C Stennis Space Center Hancock County (the substantial NASA Stennis as the country's substantial premier US rocket engine test site + the substantial Stennis post-1961 founding + the substantial Stennis Saturn V F-1 + J-2 test heritage + the substantial Stennis Space Shuttle Main Engine SSME test + the substantial Stennis SLS RS-25 Space Launch System engine test + the substantial post-2024 Stennis Artemis preparation + the substantial Stennis cleared welder + AS9100 + AWS D17.1 + cleared facility + the substantial Stennis ~5K civilian + contractor employees) supports specialized rocket engine welder work — NASA Stennis senior aerospace welders clear $72-115K with AS9100 + AWS D17.1 + cleared facility access. Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant (post-2003 ~5K Nissan Canton employees + the substantial Nissan Canton Frontier + Titan + Murano + the substantial Nissan manufacturing AWS D1.1 + UAW Local 3132 + the substantial Nissan post-2024 Canton production update) + Toyota Mississippi Blue Springs (post-2011 ~2K Toyota MS employees + the substantial Toyota Corolla manufacturing + the substantial post-2024 Corolla Cross hybrid expansion + the substantial Toyota MS AWS D1.1) support specialized automotive manufacturing welder work. Severstal Steel + Steel Dynamics Inc SDI Columbus MS (the substantial Columbus steel mill cluster + the substantial Severstal Columbus + SDI Columbus EAF electric arc furnace + the substantial Columbus steel structural welder + AWS D1.1 + AWS D1.5 + the substantial Columbus post-2008 steel cluster economic development) supports specialized steel welder work. Keesler AFB Biloxi + Columbus AFB + NAS Meridian + Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport Seabees support specialized MS federal cleared welder work. Boilermakers Local 693 Pascagoula + United Association Plumbers Pipefitters Local 619 Jackson + UA Local 436 Pascagoula + IBEW Local 733 Pascagoula + Ironworkers Local 798 Pascagoula + Sheet Metal Workers Local 441 + the substantial MS building trades operate substantial collective bargaining at MS industrial + naval + aerospace + steel prevailing wage rates — though MS IS a Right-to-Work state (signed 1954) limiting union security clauses, the substantial MS building trades retain prevailing-wage public works contracts + the substantial Ingalls Pascagoula Metal Trades Council + Nissan UAW Local 3132 + Toyota MS union representation. AWS Certified Welder + 6G + API 1104 + ASME Section IX + AWS D1.1 + AWS D17.1 aerospace + AS9100 + AWS D1.5 bridge + cleared facility cert drive 30-60% wage premium. Pearl River CC + Hinds CC + Gulf Coast CC + Northwest MS CC + Boilermakers Local 693 Pascagoula apprenticeship pipeline. MS flat 4.7% (phasing to 4.0% by 2030) + MS 7% sales tax + MS NO estate tax + MS IS a Right-to-Work state anchor the MS welder proposition.