General Laborer I
Location
Summit, IL
Posted on August 29, 2026
Location
Summit, IL
Posted on August 29, 2026
The General Laborer I works as part of the production team to meet operational goals safely and efficiently, contributing to the production process by handling vehicles and ensuring compliance with environmental requirements. This position offers competitive pay and a variety of benefits.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$39/hr across 266 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Summit, IL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 240 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.
The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staff on Site (13), S&C Electric Company (12), and Gerber Collision & Glass (11). 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 $38/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Downers Grove at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. General Laborer I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.