Welder
Location
Fort Worth, TX
Wage
$18 – $25/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 25, 2026
Location
Fort Worth, TX
Wage
$18 – $25/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 25, 2026
The Welder position involves performing manual welding on various types of stainless steels under supervision. The role requires interpreting engineering specifications and ensuring product conformance while maintaining a clean and organized work environment.
At roughly $22/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $23/hr median for welding jobs in Fort Worth, TX, whose middle half runs $23–$31/hr across 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 6% 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 28 other active welding openings in Fort Worth, TX right now, from 18 different employers. 10 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,288 other active welding openings from 593 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Fort Worth, or widen the search to Texas.
The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (31), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (27), and Zachry Group (21). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are San Angelo at $39/hr, La Porte at $38/hr, and Pasadena at $36/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
This posting calls for TIG. 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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.