Inspector Structures Paint
Location
Marietta, GA
Wage
$27.77 – $52.76/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 27, 2026
Location
Marietta, GA
Wage
$27.77 – $52.76/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 27, 2026
The Inspector Structures Paint position involves inspecting various assemblies and components of airplanes to ensure workmanship and conformance to requirements, including final assembly and operational checkout prior to flight. The role is critical in maintaining quality standards in the aerospace industry.
At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 61% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs in Marietta, GA — toward the top of a $24–$35/hr middle band drawn from 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 89% 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 Marietta, GA right now, from 16 different employers. 10 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 392 other active welding openings from 246 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Marietta, or widen the search to Georgia.
Lockheed Martin currently has 4 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (8), Mullins Mechanical (6), and Yancey Bros. Co. (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Atlanta at $29/hr, Lithia Springs at $29/hr, and Marietta at $25/hr. Marietta is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Inspector Structures Paint figures were last recalculated when this page was built.