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AWS Welding Workforce Data website shares statistics and forecasts
The AWS Foundation launches Welding Workforce Data, a website dedicated to sharing accurate welding workforce statistics and forecasts. Approved by AWS and powered by Emsi labor market data, careersinwelding.com, and the U.S. Department of Education’s College Affordability and Transparency List, the site displays projected welding demand and opportunities for welders.
As of 2021, there are an estimated 750,000 welding professionals in the U.S., of whom more than 160,000 will be retiring. With a projected need for 314,000 new welding professionals by 2024, weldingworkforcedata.com aims to provide information that those entering the welding industry need to know, such as national median wages for different welding occupations, regions with the most welding jobs, required skills welding professionals, and median annual education costs.