Welding Lab Assistant
Location
Allen, TX
Wage
$38,189 – $46,569/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 14, 2026
Location
Allen, TX
Wage
$38,189 – $46,569/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 14, 2026
The Welding Lab Assistant at Collin College will assist the lab coordinator in the daily operations of the welding technology labs, ensuring the safe and productive operation of lab equipment while supporting faculty and students.
At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 27% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas, where the middle half runs $22–$35/hr across 474 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 14% 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.
Allen, TX is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,395 other active welding openings from 683 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Texas.
Collin College currently has 1 other opening live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Austin, TX (26), Zachry Group (25), and Austin Industries (25). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Burleson at $40/hr, La Porte at $38/hr, and Midlothian at $38/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. Welding Lab Assistant figures were last recalculated when this page was built.