Welder Helper - Phoenix, AZ
Location
Phoenix, AZ
Wage
$33.21/hr
Posted on October 1, 2026
Location
Phoenix, AZ
Wage
$33.21/hr
Posted on October 1, 2026
Join a dedicated group of Welder Helpers at Union Pacific, contributing to the maintenance of railroad tracks for over 150 years. This role involves essential welding tasks that ensure the safe and efficient movement of trains across North America.
At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 11% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ — toward the top of a $23–$39/hr middle band drawn from 94 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 60% 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.
We're tracking 209 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 130 different employers. 58 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 509 other active welding openings from 257 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 (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (20), and EZARC (16). 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 Tempe at $32/hr, Phoenix at $30/hr, and Surprise 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. Welder Helper - Phoenix, AZ figures were last recalculated when this page was built.