Mechanic/Welder
Location
San Diego, CA
Wage
$39.34/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 8, 2026
Location
San Diego, CA
Wage
$39.34/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 8, 2026
The Welder/Mechanic position at the San Diego Convention Center involves performing repair and maintenance on the Corporation's equipment and machinery, including welding and mechanical shop operations. This is a Union position requiring open availability and adherence to safety protocols.
At roughly $39/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $36/hr median for welding jobs in San Diego, CA, whose middle half runs $33–$40/hr across 18 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 72% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.
We're tracking 20 other active welding openings in San Diego, CA right now, from 16 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across California as a whole we're tracking 399 other active welding openings from 207 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in San Diego, or widen the search to California.
The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (20), Aerotek (17), and Volt (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Santa Ana at $48/hr, Los Angeles at $38/hr, and Hawthorne at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
This posting calls for MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mechanic/Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.