Mac Cal Co., Inc

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting sits about 21% above the $28/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across California — toward the top of a $25–$35/hr middle band drawn from 57 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% 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 San Jose, CA

San Jose, CA currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across California as a whole we're tracking 436 other active welding openings from 201 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in San Jose, or widen the search to California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (28), Honeywell Aerospace (17), 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 Long Beach at $43/hr, El Segundo at $43/hr, and Torrance at $43/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG 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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