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Overview

We are seeking an experienced and dependable Welder to perform a variety of welding, fabrication, brazing, and cutting operations using gas and electric welding equipment. The Welder will work from blueprints, work orders, and instructions to fabricate, repair, and assemble metal components while maintaining high standards for quality, precision, and workplace safety.

Responsibilities

  • Perform welding, fabrication, brazing, and cutting operations.
  • Use gas and electric welding equipment.
  • Work from blueprints, work orders, and instructions.
  • Fabricate, repair, and assemble metal components.
  • Maintain high standards for quality, precision, and workplace safety.
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How this job compares in Fort Worth, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $16/hr, this posting comes in about 37% below the $26/hr median for welding jobs in Fort Worth, TX, where the middle half runs $22–$34/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Fort Worth, TX

We're tracking 21 other active welding openings in Fort Worth, TX right now, from 20 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,016 other active welding openings from 540 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Fort Worth, 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 (28), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (23), and Zachry Group (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. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.