Mechanic I (Coney Island YMCA)
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Wage
$21/hr
Posted on October 29, 2026
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Wage
$21/hr
Posted on October 29, 2026
The YMCA of Greater New York is seeking a Mechanic I for the Coney Island branch to maintain and repair HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and carpentry systems, while also ensuring cleanliness and upkeep of the facility. The YMCA is committed to empowering youth, improving health, and strengthening community through its various programs and services.
At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 30% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Brooklyn, NY, where the middle half runs $29–$35/hr across 9 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.
We're tracking 18 other active welding openings in Brooklyn, NY right now, from 10 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 146 other active welding openings from 93 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Brooklyn, or widen the search to New York.
The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (21), Cushman & Wakefield (5), and Con Edison (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $42/hr and Brooklyn at $30/hr. Brooklyn 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. Mechanic I (Coney Island YMCA) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.