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Leerform

Freelance Art Handling / Crate Fabricator

Location

Brooklyn, NY

Wage

$30 – $40/hr

Employment Type

Contract

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Posted on August 25, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Leerform is seeking a skilled woodworking technician for freelance, project-based work in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The studio focuses exclusively on fabrication and crating for the fine art community, valuing quality craftsmanship and strong relationships.

Requirements

  • Crate fabrication experience and proficiency with standard woodworking tools and equipment
  • Comfort working daily in a professional woodshop environment
  • Ability to read and accurately follow detailed instructions and shop drawings
  • A strong understanding of shop safety practices
  • Enthusiasm for collaboration and being part of a dedicated team
  • A high level of initiative, work ethic, and punctuality
  • Willingness to take ownership of tasks and see them through to completion
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How this job compares in Brooklyn, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 17% above the $30/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across New York — toward the top of a $26–$34/hr middle band drawn from 18 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 78% 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.

The local market in Brooklyn, NY

We're tracking 21 other active welding openings in Brooklyn, NY right now, from 12 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 156 other active welding openings from 110 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Brooklyn, or widen the search to New York.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (15), Veterans Health Administration (4), and Collins Aerospace (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 New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $54/hr, Brooklyn at $33/hr, and Rochester at $25/hr. Brooklyn is among them.

Similar openings near Brooklyn, NY

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Freelance Art Handling / Crate Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.