Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic
Location
San Angelo, TX
Wage
$51,030 – $75,855/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 2, 2026
Location
San Angelo, TX
Wage
$51,030 – $75,855/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 2, 2026
General Atomics Systems Integration, LLC (GA-SI) is a provider of military and commercial engineering services, specializing in systems integration technologies and reliability improvements. They are seeking an Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic to provide flight line and ground support in San Angelo, TX.
At roughly $31/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas, whose middle half runs $23–$35/hr across 466 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 59% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.
We're tracking 15 other active welding openings in San Angelo, TX right now, from 12 different employers. 11 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,339 other active welding openings from 720 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in San Angelo, or widen the search to Texas.
The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Houston, TX (27), Zachry Group (22), and Austin Industries (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 Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $40/hr, Arlington at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/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. Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.