Mobile Diesel Mechanic I Variable $2,500 New Hire Bonus
Location
Chicago, IL
Wage
$20.1 – $30.1/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 27, 2026
Location
Chicago, IL
Wage
$20.1 – $30.1/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 27, 2026
Cox Fleet, headquartered in Indianapolis, is one of the largest fleet maintenance companies in the country, providing mobile on-site maintenance and repair services for trucks and trailers. They are currently hiring a Mobile Diesel Technician I responsible for performing inspections and light repairs on various vehicles.
At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 34% below the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $31–$50/hr across 43 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 19% 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 62 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 36 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 242 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, Elk Grove Village at $34/hr, and Bedford Park at $30/hr. Chicago is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mobile Diesel Mechanic I Variable $2,500 New Hire Bonus figures were last recalculated when this page was built.