Sub Arc Welders
Location
Little Rock, AR
Wage
$54,444/yr
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Posted on September 22, 2026
Job Description
Overview
The Sub Arc Welder is responsible for performing high-quality submerged arc (SAW) welding on structural steel components in a fabrication shop environment across multiple locations in Arkansas and Louisiana.
Responsibilities
- Perform high-quality submerged arc (SAW) welding on structural steel components.
- Interpret welding symbols and blueprints.
- Set up and operate SAW equipment.
- Produce welds that meet company and customer quality standards.
- Work safely while maintaining production schedules.
- Inspect completed welds.
Additional Information
- Multiple shop locations in Arkansas and Louisiana.
How this job compares in Little Rock, AR
Pay in context
At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Arkansas, whose middle half runs $21–$34/hr across 31 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 55% 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.
The local market in Little Rock, AR
Little Rock, AR currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Arkansas as a whole we're tracking 49 other active welding openings from 37 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Little Rock, or widen the search to Arkansas.
The most active employers in Arkansas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (4), Sundt Construction (3), and Systems, LLC. (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Sub Arc Welders figures were last recalculated when this page was built.