Automotive Painter
Location
Newark, NJ
Wage
$27/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 26, 2026
Location
Newark, NJ
Wage
$27/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 26, 2026
At FAPS, part of the Ports America family of companies, the Automotive Painter will complete final prep, spray painting, and clear coating on vehicles as assigned, contributing to the maritime industry's role in global trade.
At roughly $27/hr, this posting comes in about 29% below the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Newark, NJ, where the middle half runs $35–$42/hr across 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.
We're tracking 15 other active welding openings in Newark, NJ right now, from 12 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 210 other active welding openings from 131 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Newark, or widen the search to New Jersey.
The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), MillenniumSoft Inc (11), and Gpac (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newark at $38/hr, Camden at $37/hr, and Cinnaminson at $30/hr. Newark is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Automotive Painter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.