Welder Journeyman
Location
Ironton, MO
Wage
$41/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 13, 2026
Location
Ironton, MO
Wage
$41/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 13, 2026
IKO Industries Ltd. is a Canadian owned and operated market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. They are seeking a Welder Journeyman to join their skilled team at the Bismarck, Missouri plant, responsible for fabricating and repairing metal structures and equipment.
At roughly $41/hr, this posting sits about 64% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Missouri — toward the top of a $23–$30/hr middle band drawn from 58 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 95% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Ironton, MO, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Missouri as a whole we're tracking 77 other active welding openings from 52 employers. Browse welding jobs across Missouri.
The most active employers in Missouri at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (6), Webco Manufacturing (6), and Express Employment Professionals Defunct (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 Missouri, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Saint Louis at $29/hr and Kansas City at $24/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
This posting calls for MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. 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.
See all journeyman welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder Journeyman figures were last recalculated when this page was built.