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MIG / Wire Welder – Structural Fabrication

Location

Sherman, TX

Wage

$18 – $22/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG Welding
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Posted on October 14, 2026

Job Description

Location: Sherman, TXPay: $18.00–$23.00/hour DOE and weld testSchedule: Monday–Thursday, 7:00 AM–3:30 PM | Friday, 7:00 AM–2:30 PMOvertime: Possible based on project needsSnelling is seeking experienced MIG / Wire Welders for a busy fabrication facility in Sherman, TX. This is a great opportunity for someone with hands-on welding experience who is comfortable working from drawings, setting up their own welding machine, and adjusting settings based on different material thicknesses.The weld shop is entering a very busy project period, so candidates need to be able to step in and contribute quickly. This is not an entry-level welding position; previous hands-on welding experience…

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How this job compares in Sherman, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 29% below the $28/hr median for structural welder jobs across Texas, where the middle half runs $25–$35/hr across 13 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Sherman, TX

Sherman, TX currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 949 other active welding openings from 416 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Sherman, or widen the search to Texas.

Snelling currently has 2 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (34), Zachry Group (24), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (22). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Old Sixth Ward at $40/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Channelview at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

See all structural welder openings if you want to compare this against similar roles.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. MIG / Wire Welder – Structural Fabrication figures were last recalculated when this page was built.