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Tig Welder

Location

Midway, WA

Wage

$21.55 – $27/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

Required Skills & Certifications

MIG WeldingTIG Welding
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Posted on November 10, 2026

Job Description

Overview

As a Tig Welder, you will apply your skills to join thin titanium and nickel alloy aircraft sheet metal, supporting fabrication and repair work while maintaining production quality and aerospace welding standards.

Responsibilities

  • Complete routine and advanced TIG welding tasks to join sheet metal aircraft components following weld schedules, drawings, and written instructions.
  • Prepare weld surfaces, perform fitting of assemblies, and repair parts as needed.
  • Visually and dimensionally inspect completed work for conformance to specifications and evaluate your own product quality for continuous improvement.
  • Read and follow sketches, blueprints, router operations, and specifications; stop and seek interpretation when necessary.
  • Work with limited oversight, support team members, and may train others based on experience.

Requirements

  • Must be a U.S. citizen.
  • Welding Technologies degree or other welding certificate (entry-level candidates must have this).
  • High school diploma or GED equivalent.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and perform physical tasks requiring frequent movement, climbing, and balancing.
  • Familiarity with TIG welding on titanium and nickel alloys and basic welding processes; ability to obtain or hold multiple basic exotic metals weld qualifications.
  • Basic knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and ability to use mathematics relevant to welding functions.
  • Good manual dexterity and familiarity with machine tools and precision instruments.

Additional Information

  • Work onsite on a 4x10 schedule (Mon–Thu) with openings on 1st and swing shifts.
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How this job compares in Midway, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $24/hr, this posting comes in about 22% below the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Washington, where the middle half runs $28–$35/hr across 69 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 6% 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 Midway, WA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Midway, WA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 89 other active welding openings from 62 employers. Browse welding jobs across Washington.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Seattle, WA (10), Parker Hannifin (5), and Sierra Pacific Industries (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 Washington, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Seattle at $35/hr and Bellingham at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. 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. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

See all TIG 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. Tig Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.