Salario de Soldador en New Hampshire (2026)

Vale la pena saber: New Hampshire's substantial BAE Systems Nashua defense electronics welder + Hypertherm Hanover plasma cutting precision welder + L3Harris Londonderry + Sturm Ruger Newport firearms welder + Lonza Portsmouth biologics welder + Portsmouth Naval Shipyard cross-border nuclear submarine welder concentration is a distinctive Northeast US defense + aerospace + biologics welder cluster most national welder-career surveys understate. The country's substantial New Hampshire BAE Systems Nashua (Aerospace defense electronics + ~6.5K BAE Nashua employees + the substantial BAE F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System EOTS + F-22 ALR-94 + AN/AAQ-37 DAS + electronic warfare + the substantial BAE Nashua sheet metal + precision welder + the substantial BAE Nashua cleared facility + the substantial BAE legacy Sanders Associates 1951 + the substantial BAE post-2024 F-35 EOTS production ramp) supports specialized defense welder work — BAE Nashua senior defense welders clear $72-118K + OT with cleared facility access + the substantial BAE collective bargaining. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard cross-border (technically Kittery ME + the substantial PNS ~6.5K civilian employees + the substantial PNS Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSEA + the substantial PNS founded 1800 + the substantial PNS SSN-688 Los Angeles-class + SSN-21 Seawolf-class + SSN-774 Virginia-class nuclear submarine refit + overhaul + the substantial PNS cleared facility welder + the substantial PNS post-2024 SSN-774 Virginia Block IV + Block V) supports specialized nuclear submarine welder work — PNS senior nuclear sub welders clear $82-135K + OT with AWS D1.1 + cleared facility + nuclear cert. Hypertherm Hanover (plasma cutting torch manufacturing + ~2K Hypertherm employees + the substantial Hypertherm employee-owned ESOP profit-sharing + the substantial Hypertherm precision sheet metal + stainless + exotic alloy welder + the substantial Hypertherm CAD CAM precision welder) supports specialized precision manufacturing welder work — Hypertherm senior precision welders clear $68-105K with ESOP profit-sharing premium. Lonza Portsmouth biologics (CDMO + the substantial Lonza Class 100/1000/10000 cleanroom + GMP + ASME BPE + the substantial Lonza biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing + the substantial Lonza Portsmouth cell + gene therapy) supports specialized biologics 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 131 Manchester + IBEW Local 490 Concord + Ironworkers Local 7 Boston cross-border + Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 Boston cross-border + the substantial PNS Metal Trades Council + the substantial NH building trades operate substantial collective bargaining at NH industrial + shipyard + aerospace + biologics prevailing wage rates — NH NOT a RTW state + NH RSA 273-A 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 + nuclear NAVSEA cert drive 30-60% wage premium. Manchester CC + Nashua CC + Great Bay CC Portsmouth + NHTI Concord + River Valley CC + the substantial Boilermakers Local 29 apprenticeship + Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 apprenticeship pipeline. NH 0% W-2 income tax + 0% sales tax + NO estate tax + NH NOT a RTW state anchor the NH welder proposition.