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Pipe Welder 1st Class (Non Local)

Location

Marinette, WI

Wage

$31/hr

Required Skills & Certifications

SteelStainless SteelAluminumCopper6GPIPE
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Posted on October 2, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Pipe Welder 1st Class position involves welding pipes of various metals on ships or in shops to support the fabrication and construction of marine vessels, including US Naval, Military Sealift Command, and commercial ships and barges.

Responsibilities

  • Weld pipes of various metals including aluminum, steel, stainless steel, and copper nickel.
  • Perform GTAW welding with a 6G, Open Root configuration.
  • Socket weld carbon steel to CuNi, stainless steel, and carbon steel pipes.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • This role involves working under extreme hot or cold conditions.
  • Requires physical ability to stand for the entire shift and lift items weighing up to 50 lbs.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Marinette, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting sits about 19% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin — toward the top of a $23–$29/hr middle band drawn from 92 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 86% 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 Marinette, WI

Marinette, WI currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 149 other active welding openings from 100 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Marinette, or widen the search to Wisconsin.

Ameri-Force currently has 1 other opening live in Wisconsin, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (12), Staff on Site (9), and API Heat Transfer (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Wisconsin, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marinette at $32/hr and Milwaukee at $25/hr. Marinette is among them.

What you'll be running

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 pipe welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • 6G — a pipe test welded on a joint fixed at a 45-degree incline. Because the torch has to travel through flat, vertical, and overhead angles in a single pass, passing 6G qualifies you for every position on pipe — which is why it is the ticket that separates pipe welders from plate welders on pay.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

Similar openings near Marinette, WI

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Pipe Welder 1st Class (Non Local) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.