Material QC Inspector
Location
Pico Rivera, CA
Wage
$54 – $56/hr
Posted on September 4, 2026
Location
Pico Rivera, CA
Wage
$54 – $56/hr
Posted on September 4, 2026
E2 Consulting Engineers, LP (E2) is a professional services firm established in 1988 specializing in engineering services. The Material QC Inspector will inspect pipeline components in manufacturing or field environments, ensuring compliance with various specifications.
At roughly $55/hr, this posting sits about 62% above the $34/hr median for welding jobs across California — toward the top of a $27–$43/hr middle band drawn from 498 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 85% 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.
Pico Rivera, CA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across California as a whole we're tracking 650 other active welding openings from 315 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.
E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. currently has 1 other opening live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Honeywell Aerospace (16), and Aerotek (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 California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Santa Ana at $53/hr, Redondo Beach at $51/hr, and Long Beach at $42/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. Material QC Inspector figures were last recalculated when this page was built.