Welder
Location
Madison, SD
Wage
$25 – $28/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 11, 2026
Location
Madison, SD
Wage
$25 – $28/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 11, 2026
Manitou Group is seeking a Welder to safely perform welding tasks on heavy and large mechanical products according to specifications. This permanent position offers a chance to join a diverse and purpose-driven team across multiple global locations.
At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welding jobs across South Dakota, whose middle half runs $25–$27/hr across 28 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% 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.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Madison, SD, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across South Dakota as a whole we're tracking 45 other active welding openings from 25 employers. Browse welding jobs across South Dakota.
MANITOU Group currently has 1 other opening live in South Dakota, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in South Dakota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Terex (9), Maguire (5), and Terex Corporation (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.