Pipe Welder
Location
Richmond Square, IN
Wage
$35/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 18, 2026
Location
Richmond Square, IN
Wage
$35/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 18, 2026
The Pipe Welder position involves on-site work at an industrial construction project in Richmond, IN, focusing on new construction with stainless steel and carbon steel piping. The role requires installing pipes, fixtures, and related systems while adhering to blueprints and applicable codes.
At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 46% above the $24/hr median for welding jobs across Indiana — toward the top of a $21–$28/hr middle band drawn from 67 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 90% 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 Richmond Square, 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 104 employers. Browse welding jobs across Indiana.
Aerotek currently has 8 other openings live in Indiana, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (8), 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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Pipe Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.