FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN
Location
Itasca, IL
Posted on October 15, 2026
Location
Itasca, IL
Posted on October 15, 2026
MEI is an Italian multinational company focused on the global market, manufacturing industrial machinery for the optical industry for over thirty years. The company seeks individuals committed to growth and professional development to contribute to its goals.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$40/hr across 278 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Itasca, IL currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 368 other active welding openings from 211 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Itasca, or widen the search to Illinois.
The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Gerber Collision & Glass (18), Staff on Site (13), and Sargent & Lundy (11). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Downers Grove at $44/hr, Chicago at $38/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN figures were last recalculated when this page was built.