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Job Description

Overview

A heavy industrial metal fabrication shop is seeking an experienced combination welder to perform a variety of welding tasks. Candidates must be LA City Certified and familiar with multiple welding processes.

Requirements

  • LA City Certified
  • Experience with SMAW and FCAW
  • Weld certificates are a plus
  • Familiarity with multiple welding processes (arc, mig, tig) is a plus
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

  • Dental
  • Health Insurance
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Full-time position
  • Pay may depend on skills and/or qualifications
  • Monday to Friday schedule
  • Work location is multiple locations

Benefits

Dental
Health Insurance
Vision
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How this job compares in Long Beach, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $32/hr median for welding jobs in Long Beach, CA, whose middle half runs $30–$54/hr across 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 58% 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.

The local market in Long Beach, CA

We're tracking 17 other active welding openings in Long Beach, CA right now, from 7 different employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 399 other active welding openings from 208 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Long Beach, or widen the search to California.

Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA currently has 8 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (20), Aerotek (17), and Volt (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Santa Ana at $48/hr, Los Angeles at $38/hr, and Hawthorne at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG, TIG, Stick, 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.

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