Salary & Career Tracks in the Springfield Stainless Steel Industry

Job titles, career tracks and salaries vary from company to company, but here you will find basic resources to help you decide where you want to start and where you want to go.



Stainless Steel jobs account
for 1 in 5 manufacturing jobs
in the Springfield, Missouri region.



Download the Job Snapshot sheet

SS-JobSnapshot

Salary Averages for Basic Stainless Steel Jobs

Job Title
Salary Range
Description
Production Worker
$25,000 - 30,000 Entry-level worker
Fabricator $30,000 - 38,000 Grinds, welds & cuts materials
Welder / Grinder $37,000 - 42,000 Machine & hand welding / grinding
Craftsman $40,000 - 45,000 Welds, grinds and cuts, while teaching new workers
Designer
$35,000 - 60,000 Use CAD to create technical drawings and blueprints
Project Manager
$45,000 - 65,000 Primary technical point of contact for the customer
Production Supervisor
$55,000 - 75,000 Supervise, plan and assign work to improve production
Engineer
$60,000 - 80,000 Research, design, and develop products & systems
Sales Engineer
$80,000 - 100,000 Develops relationships with clients & sells complex equipment