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Job Description

Overview

Labor Finders is seeking skilled Fabricator/Welders to join a dynamic local team. The ideal candidate will have a background in welding and fabrication, with the ability to work with various materials and adhere to industry standards.

Responsibilities

  • Set up, use and maintain Lincoln and Miller welders.
  • Maintain PPEs.
  • Interpret project blueprints.

Requirements

  • Background in welding and fabrication.
  • Ability to work with various materials.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Mechanical knowledge.
  • Ability to read blueprints effectively.

Benefits

  • None mentioned.

Additional Information

  • None mentioned.
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How this job compares in Rome, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $18/hr, this posting comes in about 29% below the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia, where the middle half runs $20–$32/hr across 122 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 Rome, GA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Rome, GA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 282 other active welding openings from 182 employers. Browse welding jobs across Georgia.

Labor Finders currently has 2 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Marathon (10), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), and Mullins Mechanical (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $29/hr, and Marietta at $24/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. Certified Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.