Mechanical Assembler
Location
Dallas, TX
Wage
$21/hr
Employment Type
Contract
Posted on August 24, 2026
Location
Dallas, TX
Wage
$21/hr
Employment Type
Contract
Posted on August 24, 2026
The Mechanical Assembler is responsible for assembling, fitting, and installing mechanical components and subassemblies used in enclosures for data centers. This role requires following detailed instructions, interpreting technical drawings, and ensuring all assemblies meet quality and safety standards.
At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 40% below the $35/hr median for welding jobs in Dallas, TX, where the middle half runs $28–$40/hr across 46 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 11% 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.
We're tracking 115 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 82 different employers. 59 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,307 other active welding openings from 707 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, or widen the search to Texas.
The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (24), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), and Austin Industries (19). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $82/hr, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. Dallas 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. Mechanical Assembler figures were last recalculated when this page was built.