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what are the citys with the highest contracters for welding and what is the highest pay rate you could get as a welder

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Jeffrey’s Answer

Most any major city has high paying welding jobs. Union construction jobs can pay apprentices $20-30/hr and Journeymen $40-50/hr. If you work on a pipeline, drilling rig or offshore platform you can bring in well over $100,000 a year. All this without a college degree (a local welding school with a 12-week course is all you need to get started) and the associated mountain of debt.

I chose to work in some big cities for the higher pay, but eventually tired of the congestion and crime, so I moved to a more rural area and worked in welding shops building a variety of equipment (conveyors, truck frames, diesel locomotives, etc) and structural steel for buildings and bridges. The pay is less (today a welder in a smaller shop, e.g. 15-30 employees will make between $18-22/hr to start) but with experience and advancement you can make much more.

If you work as a welder for a few years, you can then take the AWS exam for Certified Welding Inspectors and transition your career into the quality control field, as well...
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I would say any port cities such as Newport News, VA, Florida, any cities with oil as a major industry. A friend of mine is a welder also, but his job is much more interesting. He welds at nuclear plants all around the world. One of his favorites was when he was in England for four months. He's been all around the world. We were younger and single at the time which made it even better.
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