Fabrication Associate - General Labor
Location
Decatur, GA
Wage
$17 – $19/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 6, 2026
Location
Decatur, GA
Wage
$17 – $19/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 6, 2026
Venturi Supply is a national network of distributors specializing in pipe, valves, fittings, tanks, and industrial supplies, dedicated to delivering critical materials and custom solutions. The Fabrication Associate will create finished products based on provided drawings and material cut lists.
At roughly $18/hr, this posting comes in about 25% below the $24/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across Georgia, where the middle half runs $20–$30/hr across 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 17% 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.
Decatur, GA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 338 other active welding openings from 194 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Georgia.
Venturi Supply currently has 1 other opening live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Lockheed Martin (12), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), and Classic Collision (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 Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marietta at $42/hr, Forest Park at $39/hr, and Atlanta at $28/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. Fabrication Associate - General Labor figures were last recalculated when this page was built.