Structural Engineer
Location
Chicago, IL
Wage
$95,000 – $120,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 27, 2026
Location
Chicago, IL
Wage
$95,000 – $120,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 27, 2026
At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a Structural Engineer, you will work in the Infrastructure – Transportation business practice, focusing on highway and railway related structures, while being part of a diverse team committed to sustainable results.
At roughly $52/hr, this posting comes in about 12% below the $59/hr median for structural welder jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $49–$64/hr across 14 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 36% 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 111 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 76 different employers. 44 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 367 other active welding openings from 265 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to Illinois.
The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (18), Gerber Collision & Glass (8), and Aerotek (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $36/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Melrose Park at $34/hr. Chicago 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. Structural Engineer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.