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I live in New Brunswick, I plan on taking welding in college next year. I was wondering how much I could expect to get paid whenever I graduate. I have been searching online but haven't had much luck. Would I have to move out of the province to get paid a decent amount?
Reply:Well I'm NOT going to knock the Maritimes since my wife is from PEI, but the wages in that region are pretty low...Trout River Industries starts at $11/hr, but would pay me $13/hrLivingston Steel in Summerside pays $13/hr to start. but offered me $15.I will not bother "Flaunting" my credentials, but I am well educated, well trained, and have a significant wealth of experience - I would suspect a great deal more than anyone working at the 2 shops above.Wages in Alberta are dependant of where you work, and WHO you work for...Edmonton and Calgary are typically around $27 - $29 for Journeyman with B Pressure.I live 4-1/2 hrs North of Edmonton, and one of the contractors we use pays $27/hr for Journeyman with B.I get paid $33/hr WITHOUT my B Pressure.... Other branches, same company, pay $29/hr.The BEST way for you to research wages is to check on the Gov't of Canada Job Bank: http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/Intro-eng.aspxHave a Good Day.Later,Jason
Reply:Thanks, and yeah New Brunswick isn't so great haha. I would probably have to go out of the province to make any money.
Reply:In Southern Ontario for a new welder out of school you could make anywhere from 14-18 dollars per hour, probably doing production mig in a shop. I always told my students to expect around 16 as a ball park. In the aerospace industry for an experienced welder you're looking at around 30 dollars/hour. Pressure vessel shops are anywhere between 20-30 on average depending on experience. Construction welders in the union are between 30 and 35 depending on the union on average. Hope this helps and good luck on your career.RegardsJim
Reply:Do you guys have any information on a pipeline being built in North Canada? I'm talking way north, the arctic circle north. There has been rumors floating around my local about it.
Reply:The pulp/paper mill I work at pay's it's union welders journeyman A rate of $32/hr. Thats with TSSA pressure pipe stainless tig, carbon steel pipe stick and CWB plate stick tickets.JasonLincoln Idealarc 250 stick/tigThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 52Miller Bobcat 250Torchmate CNC tableThermal Arc Hefty 2Ironworkers Local 720
Reply:most of the shops around here, $12-15/hour.... i get a bit more, but i've been at it for 12 years, and work in our family bussness with my father.... still can't charge enough to cover big wages around here. St.john, and Halifax are going to be the bigger employment area's around hereBill BerryKeith Berry & Son Ltd.machine work, and weldingBear River Vollunteer FD
Reply:Im in St. John's, NL and im getting $15 an hr as an apprentice, im just going into my second year so im due for a raise. Here a journeymans rate can vary from around $22 an hr up to $30. Not many places pay $30 though, just the dockyard I think.
Reply:I work for manitoba hydro as a high pressure welder, i have my 2 -1/4% chromoly, stainless tig/stick, and stick all the way, and straight F3/f4 and i guess brazing if you want to count that haha, and generally make about 125,000 a year.
Reply:Spent the last 3 years working in Fort McMurray, started at around $38/hr and by the time I got the hell out was at $47.70/hr, 7 days on 7 days off (work6 months), made $110,000 last year
Reply:The wages in Ft. Mac and further north are certainly atractive. Problem is you have to live there too and the cost of living is high, much higher then where I live now anyway.I have a TSSA Operatring engineers ticket too and would be able to land a job there without too much hastle I'd think.JasonLincoln Idealarc 250 stick/tigThermal Dynamics Cutmaster 52Miller Bobcat 250Torchmate CNC tableThermal Arc Hefty 2Ironworkers Local 720
Reply:Originally Posted by snoeproeThe wages in Ft. Mac and further north are certainly atractive. Problem is you have to live there too and the cost of living is high, much higher then where I live now anyway.I have a TSSA Operatring engineers ticket too and would be able to land a job there without too much hastle I'd think.
Reply:I don't know how Black Wolf could have his information so wrong.... But his numbers are WAYYY off..\ Journeymen in Alberta working in construction/oilfield industry make $45 an hour.. Thats the standard journeyman rate.. Coming out of a welding program and getting your CWB ticket means you could get hired on by an iron workers union and weld CWB (assuming you have your ticket) in Saskatchewan for GOOD money, over 30 an hour id say. If you go the apprenticeship route so you can get your red seal and do b pressure welding in alberta , you can expect to make around 25 as first year apprentice, 30 ish the second year, over 35 the third year and then journeyman wage.. If you run your own rig (which can cost you anywhere from $25,000 - $100,000) you could make over $85 an hour. This is all in Alberta though (expect the aforementioned Saskatchewan jobs) Hope this helps, ignore the guy that said journeymen make 25 an hour the apprentices make more than that.. I think someone is tricking him into making no money.. lol...
Reply:I would say welders make most things out of metal that are made in Canada.. Although forging, casting and machining are also ways to make things out of metal but most bigger things are made by welders. LOL thought I would put a little humor out.
Reply:Most of the jobs I've noticed in my area start at $14-24 an hour. The more experience the more you SHOULD make, but I'm sure that's not always so. It helps to have tickets, but some older guys I've talked to will tell you tickets don't mean squat it's about the experience you gain on the job.
Reply:Edmonton Alberta - local 146 pays around $42/HR. It has been 2 years since so I cannot remember what exactly, but it is around $42/HR. Same with local 488; around that amount.Structural shops are typically $33/HR; I've made as low as $35/HR as a by hand pipe welder at other shops. If you are under CLAC, you are typically paid around $40/HR.Some shops are very cheap - years ago I was offered $21/Hr as a third year and because they wanted to keep me, they though they were being generous by bumping me up to $23! Ha! Quit and took another job at $29 as a third year. Rig welding however, if you're under "Merritt" and I don't know if Merritt is a union or not, but I believe subcontractor rate is $45/HR by hand or $90/HR with rig. Other fab shops offer $55/HR for subcontractors (pipe shop) now with your welding truck, I've been offered jobs from $900/day to $1200/day and often it comes down to hours worked.. Either work 10 hours at $90, or 12 hours around 100. SomePipeline companies pay $90 and up. There was another company doing mod tie-INS at $104/HR plus LOA, etc etc.The job I am on now, is typically $94/HR, $99 for overtime; they give an extra hour for welding exotic metals - working 12's 7 days a week, and they are very generous - you will find that some companies are cheap and other companies are very generous. Staylate? Work a sat or Sunday? Some companies will give an extra hour or two.I had a day where I stayed an extra hour after work to finish up welding on stainless - 12 hour day, paid two extra hours plus another hour for exotic metals premium. Made more in a day than what I used to make in a whole entireWeek in a shop.Basically, you want money? Come to Alberta.46 sae30047 sa200 w/Wisconsin VF451 shorthood56 shorthood56 shorthood68 redface69 redface07 ranger 305G13 sae300Inconel/Hastelloy SS Duplex Chrome/Carbon Tig F3Downhand STT/RMD F3F4 B Pressure
Reply:Originally Posted by treant_erhardtI don't know how Black Wolf could have his information so wrong.... But his numbers are WAYYY off..\ Journeymen in Alberta working in construction/oilfield industry make $45 an hour.. Thats the standard journeyman rate.. Coming out of a welding program and getting your CWB ticket means you could get hired on by an iron workers union and weld CWB (assuming you have your ticket) in Saskatchewan for GOOD money, over 30 an hour id say. If you run your own rig (which can cost you anywhere from $25,000 - $100,000) you could make over $85 an hour. This is all in Alberta though (expect the aforementioned Saskatchewan jobs) Hope this helps, ignore the guy that said journeymen make 25 an hour the apprentices make more than that.. I think someone is tricking him into making no money.. lol...
Reply:You'll have to come West, tons of work for great money!!
Reply:I love these comments. If a young person comes out of school with his basic welding qualifications and stays clean he can be semi-retired by the time he is 30 years old. A stat that was mentioned in a Canadian news column: If you complete school and do not have children before you are 21 you have a 98 percent chance of never seeing the poverty line. There is a thousand years worth of of oil up there in the tarsands plus whispers are that the Northern Alaska formation runs clear across the arctic at the top of Canada. There are prospects of oil all through the far north but treaty rights will hold it off for many years.
Reply:Originally Posted by jgbalesdentSpent the last 3 years working in Fort McMurray, started at around $38/hr and by the time I got the hell out was at $47.70/hr, 7 days on 7 days off (work6 months), made $110,000 last year
Reply:This deviates from the thread but some Bull Cooks make more than the fellas in the camp:') ... at poker. I knew a guy who did two years in Fort Mack when it started up and they had a guy who couldn't even afford to buy a new pair of jeans. The "informal " poker games cleaned him out all the time. If you have a weakness for booze, drugs, or gambling it can be your downfall.
Reply:Do what these folks said. Make sure you enjoy what you do above all!
Reply:Originally Posted by savannursI live in New Brunswick, I plan on taking welding in college next year. I was wondering how much I could expect to get paid whenever I graduate. I have been searching online but haven't had much luck. Would I have to move out of the province to get paid a decent amount?
Reply:Originally Posted by MondoIf you want to earn a high wage then study Information Technology, aka data communications. Network technicians get paid more than twice what welders are paid, don't have to work in dirty hazardous environments filled with carcinogenics and filthy atmospheres, don't suffer burns, welding flash, or bad backs or other injuries from handling heavy stuff, don't need steel toed boots, leather gloves, helmets, hardhats, or any other safety garb. You work in "civilian" clothes in clean environments with air conditioned atmospheres and often get 401K and stock plans and paid time off such as holidays, sick pay, and vacation pay. If you can comprehend the technologies involved in welding then you can comprehend the technologies involved in data com.But.... If you like creating and building physically tangable objects both large and small that you can look at and everyone can easily see and if you actually like getting your hands dirty and you like to soak your shirt with copious amounts of sweat working under the hood on a hot sunny day and you like the sounds and smells of a metal shop and you like to see moltem metal fusing before your eyes and you are willing to suffer the occaisional burn on your hands, arms, legs, and torso, and you don't mind the black stuff that appears in your handkerchief when you blow your nose then go ahead and be a weldor. Let the pay be comensurate with your learned abilities and skills.- Mondo
Reply:The money is lower in eastern Canada for welders,but so is the cost of living. You can rent a very decent house here for less then you can rent a one bedroom apartment in Calgary, (My stepdaughter lives in Calgary).Originally Posted by dpaschbeing that im a computer/network tech in canada, im going to have to say that is not true....a good tech job is few and far between and the average rate of pay in canada right now for a computer or network tech is 15-17 dollars a hour. if you do find one thats more your in luck, if i could rewind, i wouldnt have gone to school for a computer/network tech, id have gone for diesel mechanics...they make some good money
Reply:Originally Posted by MondoGood points. I'm hep to the Diesel Mechanics gig.As a network support tech I'm earning twice that and then some, many of my colleagues are even higher. Sales Engineers can make a bundle. If a person can make to IT Admininstrator the salary can break 100k, CIOs seem to have no ceiling, it just depends on the size of the company.I have never heard of a CWO (Cheif Welding Officer).When I went to computer shool I wanted to study machine trades but there was a steep downslope in those trades, machinists were getting laid off in droves. Meanwhile computer techs were in very high demand and the gov't paid me to go to school. It was the proverbial offer I couldn't refuse.- Mondo
Reply:When I was up in Fort Mac 7 years ago the Quiznos was paying $21.00 hr !!!Welders with there Red Seal around $40.00 hrTo run a welding shop up $80.00 hr I saw Your own rig $100 ish per hr with everything supplied including fuel for your truck.My bud just made 20 g last month with his own rig.In my own welding shop being a Red Seal $50.00 hr for buddies and $75 for everyone else.There is quite a bit of money in welding if you know where to look.Last edited by Biggerair; 03-11-2013 at 12:58 AM.Reason: typo
Reply:what is this "Red Seal" and why you pay buddies 30% less--------------------------------------------------------------www.becmotors.nlyup, I quit welding.. joined welder anonymous
Reply:Red Seal, means I can weld Canada wide.Why wouldn't I charge my "buddies" less ? It always works out in the end as they usually help me with the job and then in return give me a deal if I need something from them.You misread my post I said charge not pay.Last edited by Biggerair; 03-11-2013 at 10:39 AM.Reason: typo
Reply:Hi live in New-brunsiwck too and from were im from we do from 16-21$ if you go in the union you do much more but N.B is not very good for welder . saskatchewan and alberta is the way to go
Reply:Originally Posted by MondoIf you want to earn a high wage then study Information Technology, aka data communications. Network technicians get paid more than twice what welders are paid, don't have to work in dirty hazardous environments filled with carcinogenics and filthy atmospheres, don't suffer burns, welding flash, or bad backs or other injuries from handling heavy stuff, don't need steel toed boots, leather gloves, helmets, hardhats, or any other safety garb. You work in "civilian" clothes in clean environments with air conditioned atmospheres and often get 401K and stock plans and paid time off such as holidays, sick pay, and vacation pay. If you can comprehend the technologies involved in welding then you can comprehend the technologies involved in data com.But.... If you like creating and building physically tangable objects both large and small that you can look at and everyone can easily see and if you actually like getting your hands dirty and you like to soak your shirt with copious amounts of sweat working under the hood on a hot sunny day and you like the sounds and smells of a metal shop and you like to see moltem metal fusing before your eyes and you are willing to suffer the occaisional burn on your hands, arms, legs, and torso, and you don't mind the black stuff that appears in your handkerchief when you blow your nose then go ahead and be a weldor. Let the pay be comensurate with your learned abilities and skills.- Mondo |
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