Field Technician I
Location
Gardena, CA
Wage
$18 – $23/hr
Posted on October 12, 2026
Location
Gardena, CA
Wage
$18 – $23/hr
Posted on October 12, 2026
The Field Technician I position at Rain for Rent involves loading, unloading, and moving materials at work sites, as well as assembling and maintaining equipment for agricultural or industrial applications. The company is a leading provider of temporary liquid handling solutions, known for its engineering expertise and commitment to customer satisfaction.
At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 41% below the $35/hr median for welding jobs across California, where the middle half runs $28–$45/hr across 448 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 4% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.
We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Gardena, CA right now, from 8 different employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 594 other active welding openings from 271 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Gardena, or widen the search to California.
The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (17), and Honeywell Aerospace (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 California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $51/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and El Segundo at $48/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 Technician I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.