Welder II
Location
Rapid City, SD
Employment Type
Full-time
Required Skills & Certifications
Posted on October 9, 2026
Location
Rapid City, SD
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 9, 2026
The Welder II position is a mid-level production role within the Production department, reporting to the Production Manager. The job offers training for operating automated welding equipment and includes a competitive benefits package.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across South Dakota currently run a median of $27/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$29/hr across 38 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Rapid City, SD currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across South Dakota as a whole we're tracking 57 other active welding openings from 41 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Rapid City, or widen the search to South Dakota.
RPM & Associates, Inc. currently has 1 other opening live in South Dakota, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in South Dakota at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Maguire (5), Vermeer Corporation (4), and Gpac (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within South Dakota, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Rapid City at $43/hr, Freeman at $27/hr, and Sioux Falls at $20/hr. Rapid City 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 II figures were last recalculated when this page was built.