Welder II
Location
Cleveland, NC
Posted on September 3, 2026
Location
Cleveland, NC
Posted on September 3, 2026
Core & Main, based in St. Louis, is a leader in advancing reliable infrastructure with a focus on water, wastewater, storm drainage, and fire protection products. The Welder II position involves contributing to the manufacturing of fire protection pipe fabrication to NFPA standards using a semi-automatic welder.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across North Carolina currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$32/hr across 106 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 Cleveland, NC, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across North Carolina as a whole we're tracking 164 other active welding openings from 84 employers. Browse welding jobs across North Carolina.
The most active employers in North Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are West Fraser (49), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (6), and Carrier Global (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within North Carolina, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Charlotte at $36/hr and Seaboard at $29/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. Welder II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.