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DW Panels

Millwork Panel Fabricator / Wood Worker / Carpenter - $22 - $35/hr - skilled trades / artisan - job employment -...

Location

Wood Dale, IL

Wage

$25 – $35/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on September 28, 2026

Job Description

Overview

DW Panels builds custom wall panels and elevator cab interiors, including wall panels, ceilings, handrails, and trim. The position involves working with various materials to create and assemble these custom products.

Responsibilities

  • Cutting, laminating, and assembling panels in stainless, wood veneer, laminate, and glass.
  • Performing edge work and finish work.
  • Laying out from shop drawings.
  • Engaging in light fabrication and assembly.
  • Packing and crating finished panels for delivery.

Requirements

  • Experience in a cabinet, millwork, or furniture shop.
  • Experience in countertop or solid surface fabrication.
  • Experience in sheet metal, stainless polishing, or graining.
  • Experience in glass or glazing.
  • Experience in auto body prep and finish.
  • Experience in sign or store fixture fabrication.
  • Ability to read a tape measure and follow shop drawings.
  • Ability to use hand and power tools safely.

Additional Information

  • Pay ranges from $25 to $35 per hour depending on experience.
  • Full and part-time positions available.
  • Weekdays and weekend work is available.
  • Located in Wood Dale, IL at 647 N Central.
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How this job compares in Wood Dale, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting sits about 15% above the $26/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $23–$32/hr middle band drawn from 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Wood Dale, IL

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Wood Dale, IL, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 243 other active welding openings from 151 employers. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staff on Site (13), S&C Electric Company (10), and Gerber Collision & Glass (10). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $38/hr, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Skokie at $33/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Wood Dale, IL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Millwork Panel Fabricator / Wood Worker / Carpenter - $22 - $35/hr - skilled trades / artisan - job employment -... figures were last recalculated when this page was built.