Sub Arc Welders
Location
Monroe, LA
Wage
$56,837/yr
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Posted on July 28, 2026
Job Description
Overview
The Sub Arc Welder is responsible for performing high-quality submerged arc (SAW) welding on structural steel components in a fabrication shop environment across multiple locations in Arkansas and Louisiana. This role involves interpreting welding symbols and blueprints, operating SAW equipment, and ensuring welds meet quality standards while adhering to safety protocols and production schedules.
Responsibilities
- Perform high-quality submerged arc (SAW) welding on structural steel components.
- Interpret welding symbols and blueprints.
- Set up and operate SAW equipment.
- Produce welds that meet company and customer quality standards.
- Inspect completed welds.
- Work safely while maintaining production schedules.
Requirements
Benefits
Additional Information
- Multiple shop locations in Arkansas and Louisiana.
How this job compares in Monroe, LA
Pay in context
At roughly $27/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Louisiana, whose middle half runs $23–$35/hr across 37 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 54% 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.
The local market in Monroe, LA
Monroe, LA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Louisiana as a whole we're tracking 100 other active welding openings from 71 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Louisiana.
The most active employers in Louisiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Worley (9), Savard Group (6), and The Shaw Group (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Sub Arc Welders figures were last recalculated when this page was built.