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Welder Career Market Report 2026

911 active jobs. 240 companies. Median salary $53K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

911
Active Job Openings
240
Companies Hiring
$53K
Median Salary (US)
63%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Welder market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 63% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $53K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $46K to $83K.

AWS is the most-demanded skill at 24%

OSHA demand rose +5.5pp — fastest-growing skill

Sgs leads hiring with 51 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$35K, +74%)

Salary increase: +$35K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 0% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Mid-Level47$83K$83K$83K
Junior37$45K$48K$104K
Senior20$58K$69K$130K
Entry-Level3$40K$46K$71K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$35K (74%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States139$54KUSD
Canada3$62KUSD
United Kingdom3$50KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site4.7%
Remote0.1%
Hybrid0.0%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AWS
24%
Quality Assurance
12%
Forklift
10%
Robotics
8%
Quality Control
7%
OSHA
6%
Supply Chain
5%
Renewable Energy
5%
Logistics
4%
Lean Manufacturing
4%
Procurement
4%
Hazmat
3%

Skills on the Rise

OSHA ↑+5.5ppRenewable Energy ↑+5.0ppLogistics ↑+4.5ppAWS ↑+4.3ppProcurement ↑+3.5pp

Declining in Demand

Welding ↓-100.0ppAttention to Detail ↓-13.7ppJournalism ↓-12.5ppHousekeeping ↓-7.6ppTalent Acquisition ↓-6.6pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Sgs515.6%
Space x343.7%
phillipstankandstructure313.4%
Oshkoshcorporation252.7%
Jci202.2%
Republic192.1%
Nvent151.6%
Cornerstonebuildingbrands141.5%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States474
Canada28
United Kingdom15
Saudi Arabia12
Singapore9
India7
Italy6
Germany4

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree80.2%463
Master's Degree5.9%34
Bachelor's Degree3.5%20
High School / GED2.3%13
PhD / Doctorate0.2%1

Certifications

OSHA Certified (4%)Forklift Certification (2%)AWS Certified (2%)

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