MIG Welder - 1st Shift
Location
Hutchinson, KS
Wage
$24 – $32/hr
Employment Type
Temporary
Required Skills & Certifications
MIG Welding
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Posted on September 22, 2026
Job Description
Overview
The MIG Welder position is a Temp to Hire opportunity located in Hutchinson, MN, offering a pay rate range of $24.00-$32.00 per hour. The schedule is 1st Shift, Monday to Friday from 6 AM to 4:30 PM, with required overtime as needed.
Requirements
- Welding experience and/or education, ideally with a background in MIG welding.
- Technical schooling is a plus, but not required.
- Ability to read and understand detailed prints and work orders.
Additional Information
- Location: Hutchinson, MN
- Schedule: 1st Shift Monday-Friday 6AM-4:30PM with required overtime as needed.
- Position Type: Temp to Hire
How this job compares in Hutchinson, KS
Pay in context
At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 15% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Kansas, where the middle half runs $27–$34/hr across 36 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.
The local market in Hutchinson, KS
Hutchinson, KS currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 1 employer. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Kansas as a whole we're tracking 56 other active welding openings from 27 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Hutchinson, or widen the search to Kansas.
The most active employers in Kansas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Webco Manufacturing (22), Aerotek (3), and Watts Water Technologies (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
What you'll be running
This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.
See all MIG welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.
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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. MIG Welder - 1st Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.