Welder III (Senior)
Location
Dupo, IL
Wage
$32 – $40/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
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Posted on September 7, 2026
Job Description
Overview
The Welder III (Senior) position involves working as a multi-process, code-quality welder responsible for building complex equipment independently. The role requires holding radiographic quality Welder Performance Qualifications and is essential for meeting production needs.
Responsibilities
Requirements
- Multi-process welding skills
- Code-quality welding experience
- Radiographic (X-ray) quality Welder Performance Qualifications
Benefits
Additional Information
- Reports to Welding Supervisor
- 1st Shift: 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM or 2nd Shift: 3:00 PM – 11:30 PM
- Monday through Friday with overtime and occasional weekends as required
How this job compares in Dupo, IL
Pay in context
At roughly $36/hr, this posting sits about 20% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $26–$36/hr middle band drawn from 199 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 71% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
The local market in Dupo, IL
Dupo, IL is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 257 other active welding openings from 162 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.
Progressive Recovery, Inc. currently has 1 other opening live in Illinois, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staff on Site (13), S&C Electric Company (11), and Gerber Collision & Glass (11). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $36/hr, Skokie at $33/hr, and Peoria at $31/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 III (Senior) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.