Location
Indianapolis, IN
Wage
$24 – $35/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on July 29, 2026
We have a couple of facilities in need of welding support, including a state-of-the-art facility in the Indy area and travel work available in Terre Haute for Flux Core Welders. Positions range in pay and per diem based on address and skill set, with starting pay depending on skill level.
At roughly $30/hr, this posting sits about 28% above the $23/hr median for welding jobs in Indianapolis, IN — toward the top of a $21–$28/hr middle band drawn from 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 77% 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.
We're tracking 20 other active welding openings in Indianapolis, IN right now, from 15 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 130 other active welding openings from 104 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Indianapolis, or widen the search to Indiana.
Welding Shop in Indianapolis, IN currently has 1 other opening 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 (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 Fort Wayne at $24/hr, Indianapolis at $23/hr, and Middlebury at $21/hr. Indianapolis is among them.
This posting calls for MIG, TIG, 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 TIG 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. Welders Needed - Flux Core, MIG, TIG w Blueprint reading - Per Diem - skilled trades / artisan - job employment -... figures were last recalculated when this page was built.