First Class Welder
Location
US, US
Wage
$80,623/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 13, 2026
Location
US, US
Wage
$80,623/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 13, 2026
Bradken is a leading solutions provider and global manufacturer of innovative, custom-engineered products for the resources sector. They are currently seeking an experienced First Class Welder to join their Manufacturing team in Bassendean, responsible for producing high-quality welds on mining wear products and heavy industrial components.
At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 34% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs in US, US — toward the top of a $22–$34/hr middle band drawn from 32 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 88% 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 33 other active welding openings in US, US right now, from 24 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across US as a whole we're tracking 33 other active welding openings from 24 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in US.
The most active employers in US at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (6), AAON, Inc. (3), and Greenberry (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. First Class Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.