Fabrication Fitter/Welder
Location
Lawrence, IN
Wage
$51,256/yr
Employment Type
Temporary
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on August 18, 2026
Location
Lawrence, IN
Wage
$51,256/yr
Employment Type
Temporary
Posted on August 18, 2026
The Fabrication Fitter/Welder is responsible for completing assigned welding tasks as part of a team to produce customer fabrication orders accurately and on schedule, while maintaining high productivity and safety standards.
At roughly $25/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $23/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Indiana, whose middle half runs $20–$26/hr across 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 57% 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 Lawrence, IN, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 130 other active welding openings from 103 employers. Browse welding jobs across Indiana.
The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (9), Forest River (4), and Lozier 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.
Within Indiana, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Indianapolis at $24/hr, Fort Wayne at $24/hr, and Middlebury at $21/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
This posting calls for Stick. Stick (SMAW) burns a flux-coated consumable rod and needs no shielding gas, so it works in wind, rain, and on dirty or rusted steel. That tolerance for bad conditions keeps it the default for field, structural, and repair work.
See all welder fabricator 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. Fabrication Fitter/Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.