Location
Jacksonville, FL
Wage
$28 – $30/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 28, 2026
Join our dynamic team as an Aluminum Structural Welder in Portland, Oregon, and be a vital part of innovative metal fabrication projects. This energetic role offers the opportunity to work on large-scale structural assemblies, utilizing advanced welding techniques and mechanical expertise.
At roughly $29/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Jacksonville, FL, whose middle half runs $23–$32/hr across 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 50% 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.
We're tracking 29 other active welding openings in Jacksonville, FL right now, from 16 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Florida as a whole we're tracking 219 other active welding openings from 128 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Jacksonville, or widen the search to Florida.
The most active employers in Florida at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Miami, FL (16), Welding Shop in Tampa, FL (12), and BAE Systems (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Florida, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Cape Canaveral at $42/hr, Fort Myers at $39/hr, and Jacksonville at $30/hr. Jacksonville is among them.
This posting calls for MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.
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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. Shipyard Aluminum Structural Welders ***PORTLAND OREGON*** figures were last recalculated when this page was built.