MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN III
Location
Inglewood, CA
Wage
$30 – $35/hr
Posted on September 21, 2026
Location
Inglewood, CA
Wage
$30 – $35/hr
Posted on September 21, 2026
The Marvin Group is a leading defense contractor based in Southern California, specializing in the development and manufacturing of military aerospace systems and vehicles. The Mechanical Technician III will be responsible for the installation, repair, diagnostics, and testing of military automotive Environmental Control Systems and Auxiliary Power Units.
At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $35/hr median for welding jobs across California, whose middle half runs $28–$47/hr across 408 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 45% 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.
Inglewood, CA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across California as a whole we're tracking 553 other active welding openings from 251 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.
The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Honeywell Aerospace (21), and Aerotek (17). 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 Redondo Beach at $72/hr, El Segundo at $58/hr, and Torrance at $47/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. MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN III figures were last recalculated when this page was built.