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Which type of welding would be considered to be the most profitable as an employee?
I know there are many types of welding. Which would be the best to master? #money
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Michael’s Answer
Why Pipe and Pipeline Welding Offers Great Pay
- Advanced Certifications: To earn top wages, welders need challenging certifications like the 6G pipe certification. This shows they can weld pipes in tricky positions, even at a 45-degree angle.
- High-Demand Industries: These welders play crucial roles in important areas like oil and gas pipelines, power plants, LNG facilities, nuclear sites, and defense shipyards.
- Travel and Special Projects: Welders can earn the most by working on temporary projects or in remote locations. Base pay can be over $38 to $55 per hour, with extra money from overtime, travel pay, and daily allowances.
Other High-Paying Welding Jobs
- Underwater Welder/Commercial Diver: Offers high pay but involves risks and requires special diving skills.
- Nuclear Welder: Needs strict quality control and special clearances, resulting in high hourly rates.
- Aerospace Welder: Works with special metals for aircraft and spacecraft, providing stable and good pay.
- Advanced Certifications: To earn top wages, welders need challenging certifications like the 6G pipe certification. This shows they can weld pipes in tricky positions, even at a 45-degree angle.
- High-Demand Industries: These welders play crucial roles in important areas like oil and gas pipelines, power plants, LNG facilities, nuclear sites, and defense shipyards.
- Travel and Special Projects: Welders can earn the most by working on temporary projects or in remote locations. Base pay can be over $38 to $55 per hour, with extra money from overtime, travel pay, and daily allowances.
Other High-Paying Welding Jobs
- Underwater Welder/Commercial Diver: Offers high pay but involves risks and requires special diving skills.
- Nuclear Welder: Needs strict quality control and special clearances, resulting in high hourly rates.
- Aerospace Welder: Works with special metals for aircraft and spacecraft, providing stable and good pay.
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Andy’s Answer
It depends on what you'd like to do. MIG welding is typically the most often used process in shop fabrication environments. Stick welding (6010/7018) is used in many construction jobs. TIG welding is the most often used process in pipe and sheet metal work. I may be biased, but I would concentrate on stick and TIG and seek work in the piping industry. The Steamfitters Union in Portland has an excellent apprenticeship program, and Journeyman welders make an excellent wage ($45+/hr.), as well as great benefits (health insurance and pension).