Welder III
Location
Frankfort, KY
Wage
$21 – $23.62/hr
Posted on August 23, 2026
Location
Frankfort, KY
Wage
$21 – $23.62/hr
Posted on August 23, 2026
We are looking for a talented Welder III to join our team specializing in Manufacturing for our Cummins Inc. facility in Frankfort, KY. This role involves performing skilled activities that support manufacturing business needs while ensuring safety and quality craftsmanship.
At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Kentucky, where the middle half runs $23–$31/hr across 40 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 23% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.
Frankfort, KY is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Kentucky as a whole we're tracking 53 other active welding openings from 41 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Kentucky.
The most active employers in Kentucky at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are BAE Systems (4), SU Solutions (3), and Snelling (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder III figures were last recalculated when this page was built.