Salario de Soldador en Wyoming (2026)

Vale la pena saber: Wyoming's HollyFrontier Cheyenne + Sinclair Oil refineries + F.E. Warren AFB Minuteman III + Powder River coal mining + Green River trona + Pinedale natural gas welder concentration is a distinctive Mountain West refining + aerospace + mining + oilfield welder cluster most national welder-career surveys understate. HollyFrontier Cheyenne refinery + Sinclair Oil Sinclair refinery (the substantial Cheyenne + Sinclair refining cluster + the substantial HollyFrontier Cheyenne ~52K barrel/day + the substantial Sinclair Sinclair WY ~85K barrel/day + the substantial WY refining process welder + the substantial WY ASME Section IX + API 510 pressure vessel + API 570 piping + the substantial WY refining prevailing wage + the substantial WY refining Boilermakers Local 11 + UA Local 192) supports specialized refinery welder work — WY refinery senior welders clear $72-118K + OT with ASME Section IX + API 510 + API 570 + refining prevailing wage. F.E. Warren AFB Cheyenne (~3.5K F.E. Warren personnel + the substantial 90th Missile Wing Minuteman III ICBM + the substantial Warren covering ~150 Minuteman III silos across WY + NE + CO + the substantial post-2027 Sentinel ICBM LGM-35A beddown + the substantial Warren $3B+ Sentinel infrastructure modernization + the substantial Warren ground support equipment + missile silo welder + the substantial Warren as the country's substantial oldest continuously operating military installation 1867 + the substantial Warren cleared welder + cleared facility) supports specialized aerospace cleared welder work — F.E. Warren cleared welders clear $65-108K with AWS D17.1 aerospace + cleared facility access. The substantial WY natural gas pipeline welder market (the substantial Pinedale Anticline + Jonah Field + the substantial Sublette County natural gas + the substantial WY natural gas pipeline welder + x-ray + 6G + API 1104) supports specialized natural gas pipeline welder work — WY natural gas pipeline welders clear $72-135K with x-ray + 6G + API 1104. Powder River Basin coal mining (the substantial Peabody NARM North Antelope Rochelle Mine + Arch Black Thunder + Cordero Rojo + Caballo + the substantial Gillette Campbell County + the substantial Powder River coal heavy equipment welder + the substantial coal mining mobile equipment welder + the substantial Powder River post-2020 coal contraction but continuing heavy equipment maintenance demand) supports specialized coal mining heavy equipment welder work. Green River trona mining (the substantial Green River trona ~85% world supply + the substantial Tata Chemicals + Solvay + Sisecam + Genesis Alkali trona producers + the substantial Green River trona process welder + ASME stainless + sanitary + the substantial Green River sodium carbonate production) supports specialized trona mining welder work. Boilermakers Local 11 Denver CO cross-border + United Association Plumbers Pipefitters Local 192 Cheyenne + IBEW Local 415 Cheyenne + Ironworkers Local 24 Denver CO cross-border + Sheet Metal Workers Local 9 Denver CO cross-border + the substantial WY building trades operate substantial collective bargaining at WY industrial + refining + aerospace + mining prevailing wage rates — though WY IS a Right-to-Work state (signed 1963) limiting union security clauses, the substantial WY building trades retain prevailing-wage public works contracts. AWS Certified Welder + 6G + API 1104 + ASME Section IX + AWS D1.1 + AWS D17.1 aerospace + API 510 + API 570 + cleared facility cert drive 30-60% wage premium. LCCC Laramie County CC + Casper College + Sheridan College + Western WY CC + Northwest College + Boilermakers Local 11 apprenticeship pipeline. WY 0% income tax + WY 4% sales tax + WY NO estate tax + WY IS a Right-to-Work state anchor the WY welder proposition.