Welder / Fabricator
Location
Fairfield, OH
Wage
$39,630/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on September 28, 2026
Location
Fairfield, OH
Wage
$39,630/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 28, 2026
Join trak group in partnering with a growing client in Fairfield, Ohio that’s expanding its Manufacturing team. We are seeking a skilled Welder/Fabricator to fabricate, assemble, weld, and repair structural steel and sheet metal components for a variety of custom manufacturing projects.
At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $23/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Ohio, where the middle half runs $20–$26/hr across 18 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 17% 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.
Fairfield, OH is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Ohio as a whole we're tracking 175 other active welding openings from 112 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Ohio.
Trak Group currently has 2 other openings live in Ohio, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Ohio at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are TP Mechanical (8), Phillips Tank & Structure (5), and Aerotek (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Ohio, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Columbus at $30/hr, Canton at $29/hr, and Cleveland at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
This posting calls for MIG, TIG, 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. Welder / Fabricator figures were last recalculated when this page was built.