Welders - All Shifts
Location
West Chester, OH
Posted on August 10, 2026
Location
West Chester, OH
Posted on August 10, 2026
Barnes Aerospace is hiring Welders for multiple locations, offering competitive wages, shift differentials, and a variety of benefits. The company seeks team players who enjoy working in a manufacturing environment and want to advance their careers in the aerospace market.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Ohio currently run a median of $25/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $21–$30/hr across 142 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
West Chester, OH currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Ohio as a whole we're tracking 236 other active welding openings from 177 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in West Chester, or widen the search to Ohio.
Barnes Aerospace currently has 1 other opening live in Ohio, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Ohio at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (10), Staffmark (5), and Kadant Black Clawson LLC (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Ohio, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Columbus at $33/hr, Aurora at $32/hr, and Cleveland at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
This posting calls for TIG. 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. Welders - All Shifts figures were last recalculated when this page was built.