Aerospace Welder (TIG and Auto Welding)
Location
Kent, WA
Wage
$22 – $33.8/hr
Posted on September 4, 2026
Location
Kent, WA
Wage
$22 – $33.8/hr
Posted on September 4, 2026
Parker Aerospace develops innovative technologies for reliable and sustainable flight, with a focus on aftermarket support. The Aerospace Welder position involves performing welding processes on aircraft components, ensuring quality workmanship and contributing to the company's mission of engineering breakthroughs.
At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 15% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Washington, where the middle half runs $28–$41/hr across 75 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 25% 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.
Kent, WA currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 100 other active welding openings from 59 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Kent, or widen the search to Washington.
Parker Hannifin currently has 3 other openings live in Washington, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (17), Loenbro (7), and Parker Hannifin (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Washington, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arlington at $55/hr, Seattle at $30/hr, and Redmond at $28/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.
See all aerospace welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Aerospace Welder (TIG and Auto Welding) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.