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Job Description

Overview

The Welder position in Tarpon Springs involves working as a Welder/Fabricator with a focus on MIG welding and metal fabrication. Candidates should have at least 2 years of experience and the ability to read shop drawings.

Requirements

  • Minimum 2 years of welding experience
  • Experience with MIG welding
  • Ability to read shop drawings and measurements
  • Must have reliable transportation
  • Metal fabrication experience preferred
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Reliable and dependable
  • Experience with shade structures or steel fabrication is a plus

Additional Information

  • Full-time position
  • Location: Tarpon Springs
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How this job compares in Tarpon Springs, FL

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 11% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Florida, where the middle half runs $23–$32/hr across 129 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 29% 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.

The local market in Tarpon Springs, FL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Tarpon Springs, FL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 275 other active welding openings from 155 employers. Browse welding jobs across Florida.

Welding Shop in Tampa, FL currently has 10 other openings live in Florida, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (17), Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (10), and BAE Systems (10). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Florida, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are MIAMI at $35/hr, Jacksonville at $32/hr, and Cape Canaveral at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. 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.

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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 position - Tarpon Springs figures were last recalculated when this page was built.