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Overview

The position is for an experienced Welder with a pay range of $22-$26 per hour depending on experience. The role requires proficiency in MIG solid wire welding and involves fitting as a significant part of the work.

Responsibilities

  • Perform MIG solid wire welding on thin gauged materials.
  • Engage in fitting tasks as a majority of the work.
  • Complete a weld test consisting of horizontal, vertical, and overhead welds using the GMAW process.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 2 years of MIG solid wire welding experience.
  • 1 year of experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
  • Must be a team player and problem solver.
  • Willingness to wear company provided Purified Air Respirator (PAPR).

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How this job compares in Claremore, OK

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Oklahoma, whose middle half runs $22–$29/hr across 59 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 42% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Claremore, OK

Claremore, OK currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Oklahoma as a whole we're tracking 110 other active welding openings from 77 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Claremore, or widen the search to Oklahoma.

American StaffCorp Job Board currently has 4 other openings live in Oklahoma, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Oklahoma at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are HireCall (6), Aerotek (4), and American StaffCorp Job Board (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oklahoma, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Catoosa at $28/hr, Tulsa at $26/hr, and Claremore at $23/hr. Claremore is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

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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.