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Job Description

Overview

We are searching for an experienced Welder at our Philadelphia, PA facility. This is an opening for an entry-level welder.

Responsibilities

  • Set up machines to exacting specifications and prepare machines for production.
  • Operate various projection welding machine setups.
  • Arrange job parts by line number and by like pieces for processing.
  • Check all dimensions/locations of hardware cut-outs and frame handing for accuracy.
  • Install all required reinforcements, including but not limited to hinge and strike reinforcements, various kinds of anchors, corner gussets and closer reinforcements.
  • Mark identification information on material for communication with fellow employees as well as end users.

Requirements

  • Must be proficient at reading work orders.
  • Must have a concern for quality control.
  • Able to work in a fast-paced environment.

Additional Information

  • Monday - Friday at $20/per hour.
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How this job compares in Philadelphia, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 39% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA, where the middle half runs $28–$43/hr across 24 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Philadelphia, PA

We're tracking 51 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 38 different employers. 22 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 274 other active welding openings from 180 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Philadelphia, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Phillips Tank & Structure (8), Johnson Controls (7), and Greene Tweed (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $33/hr, Braddock at $31/hr, and York at $27/hr. Philadelphia is among them.

Similar openings near Philadelphia, PA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.