Aftermarket Field Service Technician I: IL
Location
Glendale Heights, IL
Wage
$25.72 – $32.11/hr
Posted on September 8, 2026
Location
Glendale Heights, IL
Wage
$25.72 – $32.11/hr
Posted on September 8, 2026
The Aftermarket Field Service Technician I position involves performing various repair, assembly, and inspection operations in an aftermarket production area. The role requires physical dexterity and the ability to operate machine tools, with a focus on maintaining quality and efficiency in the work environment.
At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois, whose middle half runs $25–$38/hr across 276 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 46% 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.
Glendale Heights, 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 373 other active welding openings from 232 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.
The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (18), Gerber Collision & Glass (14), and Staff on Site (13). 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 Downers Grove at $46/hr, Chicago at $36/hr, and Addison at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Aftermarket Field Service Technician I: IL figures were last recalculated when this page was built.