Steel Framer
Location
Surprise, AZ
Wage
$20/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 4, 2026
Location
Surprise, AZ
Wage
$20/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 4, 2026
All Things Metal Industries is a family-owned company recognized as one of Arizona’s Best Places to Work, focusing on building steel and investing in its people. The company offers a supportive environment with opportunities for growth and advancement, particularly in the industrial and data center markets.
At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 33% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Arizona, where the middle half runs $25–$39/hr across 175 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 3% 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.
Surprise, AZ currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 467 other active welding openings from 221 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Surprise, or widen the search to Arizona.
All Things Metal Industries currently has 9 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (19), and EZARC (18). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Goodyear at $51/hr, Tolleson at $38/hr, and Tempe at $37/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. Steel Framer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.