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WHAT DOES WELDING AFTER KWI LOOK LIKE?

WELDING OUTLOOK

$100,000+

KWI GRADUATE POTENTIAL

within their first year

157,000+

WELDERS REACHING RETIREMENT

Projected 2024–2034

320,500+

WELDERS NEEDED

In the U.S. by 2029

1,200+

KWI GRADUATES ACROSS USA

2015-Present

100%

Job placement

Certified Pipe Welder program, 2024 and 2025

Graduate reach

KWI graduates at work

KWI graduates are working all across the United States and internationally — in boilers, nuclear, power generation, new construction, maintenance, shutdowns, structural, pipeline, and other industrial sectors.


Brayden Chubb, 2025 KWI Graduate from Richfield, Pennsylvania, holding a KWI recognition plaque

Graduate spotlight

Brayden Chubb

2025 KWI Graduate

Richfield, Pennsylvania

WHERE KWI GRADUATES COME FROM

AlabamaAlaskaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaHawaiiIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island
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