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Overview

The Welder position is an entry-level role that involves reading blueprints, preparing parts for welding, and producing quality welds on various metals. The job offers a starting pay of $22 per hour with additional pay differentials for night and weekend shifts.

Responsibilities

  • Reads and interprets blueprints and test sheets.
  • Gathers and organizes all parts in a logical building order.
  • Determines appropriate work surface for welding.
  • Grinds parts as necessary in preparation for welding.
  • Sets welding gun to correct thickness.
  • Operates welding gun and plasma torch to weld and cut necessary holes.
  • Produces quality welds on a variety of metals including mild steel, aluminum, stainless, and galvanized steel.

Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Entry level pay starting at $22/hr.
  • Night/Weekend Shift Differential.
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How this job compares in Brookings, SD

Pay in context

At roughly $22/hr, this posting comes in about 12% below the $25/hr median for welding jobs across South Dakota, where the middle half runs $25–$27/hr across 26 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 4% 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 Brookings, SD

Brookings, SD is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across South Dakota as a whole we're tracking 43 other active welding openings from 26 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across South Dakota.

Twin City Fan & Blower currently has 1 other opening live in South Dakota, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in South Dakota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Terex (8), Terex Corporation (3), and Hendrickson (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near Brookings, SD

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder (Days/Nights/Weekends) - Entry level pay starting at $22/hr Night/Weekend Shift Differential figures were last recalculated when this page was built.