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Job Description

Overview

We are seeking experienced Pipe Welders to join our team for industrial construction projects in Corpus Christi, Texas, and Louisiana. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience in pipe welding, pipe fitting, and industrial fabrication.

Responsibilities

Requirements

  • Extensive hands-on experience in pipe welding
  • Experience in pipe fitting
  • Experience in industrial fabrication
  • Ability to work independently
  • Ability to produce high-quality work

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Multiple openings across four different worksites
  • Three worksites in Corpus Christi and one worksite in Louisiana
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How this job compares in Corpus Christi, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting comes in about 13% below the $35/hr median for pipe welder jobs across Texas, where the middle half runs $35–$35/hr across 26 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 8% 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 Corpus Christi, TX

Corpus Christi, TX currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,014 other active welding openings from 545 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Corpus Christi, 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 (21), and Welding Shop in Austin, TX (21). 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, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/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. Pipe Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.