Aerospace TIG Welder 3rd Shift TDI
Location
Dayton, OH
Wage
$24.9/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 25, 2026
Location
Dayton, OH
Wage
$24.9/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 25, 2026
TDI, a part of Unison and a GE Aerospace Company, has been a leader in turbine powered start systems and turbine air motors for decades. The Aerospace TIG Welder position involves welding components and performing manufacturing operations at the Dayton, OH site.
At roughly $25/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Ohio, whose middle half runs $24–$32/hr across 105 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 33% 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.
Dayton, OH currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Ohio as a whole we're tracking 175 other active welding openings from 109 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Dayton, or widen the search to Ohio.
The most active employers in Ohio at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are TP Mechanical (9), Aerotek (5), and Mancan (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 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.
See all aerospace welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Aerospace TIG Welder 3rd Shift TDI figures were last recalculated when this page was built.