Rail Vehicle Mechanic
Location
Phoenix, AZ
Wage
$27.49 – $34.36/hr
Posted on October 1, 2026
Location
Phoenix, AZ
Wage
$27.49 – $34.36/hr
Posted on October 1, 2026
The Rail Vehicle Mechanic role focuses on ensuring the safety, reliability, and readiness of Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) through mechanical systems maintenance and repair. This safety-sensitive position is subject to Valley Metro RPTA’s Drug and Alcohol Program.
At roughly $31/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ, whose middle half runs $25–$39/hr across 95 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 51% 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 208 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 127 different employers. 63 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 505 other active welding openings from 253 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.
The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (27), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (20), and EZARC (19). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chandler at $36/hr, Tempe at $32/hr, and Phoenix at $30/hr. Phoenix is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Rail Vehicle Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.