Machine Operator
Location
Wheeling, IL
Posted on September 17, 2026
Location
Wheeling, IL
Posted on September 17, 2026
U.S. Tsubaki is a leading manufacturer and supplier of power transmission and motion control products, known for its quality and customer service. The Machine Operator is responsible for setting up and operating various machines to process sales orders according to customer specifications.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$38/hr across 271 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Wheeling, IL currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 374 other active welding openings from 233 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Wheeling, or widen the search to Illinois.
The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (15), Gerber Collision & Glass (14), and Staff on Site (13). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $36/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/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. Machine Operator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.