202 Tech
Location
Bellwood, IL
Wage
$28.98 – $40.22/hr
Posted on August 28, 2026
Location
Bellwood, IL
Wage
$28.98 – $40.22/hr
Posted on August 28, 2026
The 202 Tech position involves setting up and monitoring engineering and production audit tests, ensuring data accuracy, and developing software solutions for testing procedures. The role requires troubleshooting and maintaining test equipment, as well as documenting processes and training laboratory personnel.
At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 12% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $27–$39/hr middle band drawn from 265 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 60% 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.
Bellwood, IL is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 241 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.
BorgWarner currently has 1 other opening live in Illinois, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
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. 202 Tech figures were last recalculated when this page was built.