Shop Foreman - Ironworker/Welder
Location
Vacaville, CA
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 23, 2026
Location
Vacaville, CA
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 23, 2026
We are a small fabrication shop located in Vacaville, CA, looking for applicants to assist with the fabrication and installation of various steel items and structures.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across California currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$43/hr across 314 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Vacaville, CA currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 1 employer. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 412 other active welding openings from 194 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Vacaville, or widen the search to California.
Welding Shop in Sacramento, CA currently has 8 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (27), Aerotek (17), and Honeywell Aerospace (16). 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 Torrance at $47/hr, Long Beach at $42/hr, and Los Angeles at $40/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. Shop Foreman - Ironworker/Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.