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Job Description

Overview

The Welder Helper position is a part-time role where the candidate will assist in welding tasks. No prior welding experience is required as training will be provided, making it an excellent opportunity for those looking to learn.

Responsibilities

Requirements

  • Must have reliable transportation to Leander
  • Ability to read a measuring tape
  • Ability to accurately complete a cut list
  • Must be able to lift and carry up to 100 lbs

Benefits

Additional Information

  • This is a part-time position, 3–4 days a week.
  • Welding experience is not required, training will be provided.
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How this job compares in Leander, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting sits about 13% above the $20/hr median for welder helper jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $18–$27/hr middle band drawn from 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 73% 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.

The local market in Leander, TX

Leander, TX is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 937 other active welding openings from 524 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

Welding Shop in Austin, TX currently has 15 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (26), Zachry Group (20), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (15). 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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Welder Helper figures were last recalculated when this page was built.