TIG WELDERS NEEDED
Location
SIMI VALLEY, CA
Wage
$25 – $30/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on September 10, 2026
Location
SIMI VALLEY, CA
Wage
$25 – $30/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 10, 2026
We are a precision sheet metal production job shop in need of a TIG welder that can weld light gage sheet metal. The position requires proficiency in welding Mild Steel, Aluminum, and Stainless, including the purge process for Stainless.
At roughly $28/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for TIG welder jobs across California, whose middle half runs $25–$31/hr across 24 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.
SIMI VALLEY, 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 459 other active welding openings from 225 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.
Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA currently has 13 other openings 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 (25), Aerotek (18), and Honeywell Aerospace (14). 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 Long Beach at $43/hr, Torrance at $43/hr, and Los Angeles at $38/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 TIG 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. TIG WELDERS NEEDED figures were last recalculated when this page was built.