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Overview

Core & Main is a leader in advancing reliable infrastructure with a focus on water, wastewater, storm drainage, and fire protection products. As a Welder I, you will play a vital role in completing customer projects that can directly save lives, working with your hands and taking pride in your workmanship.

Responsibilities

  • Weld various fittings to different sizes of pipe and welding joints.
  • Weld with manipulators, positioners, and free hand.
  • Read CAD or hand drawings to calculate and accurately measure, cut, fit-up, and align piping for welding.

Requirements

  • 1+ year of welding experience.
  • Certification in pressure pipe welding.
  • Ability to read CAD or hand drawings.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Additional Information

  • Location: St. Louis
  • Continued learning opportunities through onsite training and online learning catalog.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
Tuition Reimbursement
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How this job compares in La Habra, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 37% below the $34/hr median for welding jobs across California, where the middle half runs $27–$41/hr across 483 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 6% 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 La Habra, CA

La Habra, CA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 1 employer. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across California as a whole we're tracking 627 other active welding openings from 306 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in La Habra, or widen the search to California.

Core & Main currently has 3 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (31), Aerotek (16), and Volt (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Redondo Beach at $51/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and Long Beach at $40/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 I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.