WELDING SHOP HANDS - construction workers
Location
Phoenix, AZ
Wage
$18 – $24/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 11, 2026
Location
Phoenix, AZ
Wage
$18 – $24/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 11, 2026
Diamondback Steel is a full-service structural steel and miscellaneous metals fabrication and erection services company specializing in carport and covered parking installation and commercial metal fabrication and installation, primarily in the greater Phoenix, AZ area. The Shop Hand/Helper supports daily fabrication and production activities throughout the shop.
Most work is in the greater Phoenix, AZ area.
At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 30% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Phoenix, AZ, where the middle half runs $24–$39/hr across 79 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 9% 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 211 other active welding openings in Phoenix, AZ right now, from 133 different employers. 51 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 482 other active welding openings from 246 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Phoenix, or widen the search to Arizona.
The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (17), and EZARC (16). 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 Tolleson at $38/hr, Scottsdale at $36/hr, and Tempe at $32/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. WELDING SHOP HANDS - construction workers figures were last recalculated when this page was built.