Graduate Structural Engineer (Available 2027)
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Wage
$76,500 – $83,500/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 10, 2026
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Wage
$76,500 – $83,500/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 10, 2026
Arup is a global consultancy that seeks a Graduate Structural Engineer to contribute to sustainable solutions in the built environment. The role involves collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to design and analyze structural systems for a variety of projects.
At roughly $38/hr, this posting comes in about 13% below the $44/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA, where the middle half runs $36–$60/hr across 64 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 36% 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 99 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 58 different employers. 47 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 Los Angeles, 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. Graduate Structural Engineer (Available 2027) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.