Goodwill of Colorado

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 22% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Colorado, where the middle half runs $25–$39/hr across 66 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 17% 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.

The local market in Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs, CO currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Colorado as a whole we're tracking 82 other active welding openings from 51 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Colorado Springs, or widen the search to Colorado.

Goodwill of Colorado currently has 2 other openings live in Colorado, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Colorado at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Denver, CO (8), RK Industries (6), and Martin Marietta (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Colorado, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arvada at $30/hr, Colorado Springs at $26/hr, and Denver at $25/hr. Colorado Springs 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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