Welder I - MIG - B-Shift-2
Location
Redmond, OR
Wage
$20.9 – $31.36/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 27, 2026
Location
Redmond, OR
Wage
$20.9 – $31.36/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 27, 2026
The Welder I is responsible for performing routine welding tasks to support the production of manufactured products. This role contributes to departmental objectives by completing basic welds, preparing materials, and ensuring components meet quality and safety standards.
At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 13% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Oregon, where the middle half runs $26–$34/hr across 34 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 21% 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.
Redmond, OR currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Oregon as a whole we're tracking 55 other active welding openings from 36 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Redmond, or widen the search to Oregon.
AAON currently has 2 other openings live in Oregon, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Oregon at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Portland, OR (9), Peninsula Iron Works (3), and AAON, Inc. (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder I - MIG - B-Shift-2 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.