Equipment Mechanic - Shop
Location
Houston, TX
Wage
$31.5 – $34/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 23, 2026
Location
Houston, TX
Wage
$31.5 – $34/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 23, 2026
Altec is seeking a career-minded Equipment Mechanic for their shop, offering a cleaner, smarter work environment and the opportunity to join a team of over 45 service centers. The company provides ongoing training, competitive compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package.
At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 31% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs in Houston, TX — toward the top of a $22–$31/hr middle band drawn from 70 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 83% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
We're tracking 326 other active welding openings in Houston, TX right now, from 186 different employers. 120 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,307 other active welding openings from 707 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Houston, or widen the search to Texas.
The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (24), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), and Austin Industries (19). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $82/hr, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Equipment Mechanic - Shop figures were last recalculated when this page was built.