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Job Description

Overview

Custom Sign Consultants is seeking an experienced sign fabricator to join their team of enthusiastic builders. The ideal candidate will have a background in the sign industry and be skilled in various fabrication techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Running laser and engraving machines.
  • Building ADA signs, name plates, wayfinding signage and more.
  • Building interior and exterior illuminated signs.
  • Using tools such as drill press, chop saw, miter saw, welder, acrylic heat bender and hand tools.

Requirements

  • Must furnish a resume with work history in the sign industry.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • 401k

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
401k
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $19/hr, this posting comes in about 50% below the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $29–$50/hr across 42 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 2% 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.

The local market in Chicago, IL

We're tracking 62 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 38 different employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 244 other active welding openings from 145 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, 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 (12), S&C Electric Company (9), and Crash Champions (9). 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 Chicago at $38/hr, Melrose Park at $38/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. Chicago is among them.

Similar openings near Chicago, IL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Sign Shop Fabricator and Builder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.