Location
Saint Peters, MO
Wage
$18 – $30/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 6, 2026
DIDION Manufacturing Company is a leader in the manufacturing industry, committed to delivering high-quality products and services. We are seeking a skilled Welder/Metal Fabricator to join our team, responsible for proficient metal fabrication and welding techniques.
At roughly $24/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Missouri, whose middle half runs $23–$28/hr across 53 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 36% 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.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Saint Peters, MO, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Missouri as a whole we're tracking 85 other active welding openings from 55 employers. Browse welding jobs across Missouri.
The most active employers in Missouri at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (8), Welding Shop in Kansas City, MO (6), and Leonardo DRS (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 Missouri, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Saint Charles at $26/hr and Kansas City at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
This posting calls for MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux-Core 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.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder/Fitter/Field Service Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.