Welder
Location
San Diego, CA
Wage
$25 – $35/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 14, 2026
Location
San Diego, CA
Wage
$25 – $35/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 14, 2026
ARMADA INC. is seeking a Welder responsible for welding steel, aluminum, and stainless-steel materials using various processes. The position requires adherence to safety and quality standards while performing assigned tasks.
At roughly $30/hr, this posting comes in about 14% below the $35/hr median for welding jobs in San Diego, CA, where the middle half runs $28–$39/hr across 27 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 33% 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.
We're tracking 29 other active welding openings in San Diego, CA right now, from 20 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across California as a whole we're tracking 623 other active welding openings from 287 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in San Diego, or widen the search to California.
The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Vast (22), and Relativity Space (20). 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 Redondo Beach at $71/hr, Long Beach at $54/hr, and Torrance at $43/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. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.