Blacksmith/Straightener
Location
Baldwin Park, CA
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 11, 2026
Location
Baldwin Park, CA
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 11, 2026
STS Metals is a unified organization composed of five businesses working together to deliver high-quality titanium, stainless and alloy steel, and nickel products, serving various industries with a commitment to innovation and manufacturing excellence. The Blacksmith/Straightener is responsible for operating straightening presses and leading a forge crew in daily operations to shape metal components according to specifications.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across California currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$38/hr across 314 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Baldwin Park, CA currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 1 employer. 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. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Baldwin Park, 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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Blacksmith/Straightener figures were last recalculated when this page was built.