Salario de Soldador en Iowa (2026)

Vale la pena saber: Iowa's John Deere Waterloo + Davenport + Dubuque + Des Moines Works ag equipment welder + Collins Aerospace Cedar Rapids + Vermeer Pella + Winnebago Forest City RV welder concentration is the country's substantial distinctive Midwest ag + aerospace + industrial welder cluster most national welder-career surveys understate. John Deere (the substantial Deere ~25K IA Deere employees + the substantial Deere Waterloo Works engine + transmission + cab assembly + the substantial Deere Davenport Works construction equipment + the substantial Deere Dubuque Works construction + forestry + the substantial Deere Des Moines Works drawn equipment + the substantial Deere Ottumwa Works tillage + the substantial Deere combine + tractor + cotton picker + the substantial Deere post-2024 Smart Industrial Strategy + the substantial Deere AWS D1.1 + AWS D14 ag equipment welder + the substantial Deere UAW Local 838 Waterloo + UAW Local 281 Davenport + UAW Local 838 collective bargaining premium + the substantial post-2023 UAW-John Deere contract) supports substantial IA ag equipment welder market — Deere Waterloo + Davenport senior ag equipment welders clear $58-92K + OT with AWS D1.1 + UAW collective bargaining + the substantial Deere prevailing wage. Collins Aerospace Cedar Rapids (Raytheon Technologies + ~10K Collins Cedar Rapids employees + the substantial Collins avionics + ARC-210 radio + the substantial Collins F-35 + F-22 + commercial aerospace electronics + the substantial Collins precision welder + cleared facility + AS9100 + NAS 410 aerospace) supports specialized aerospace welder work — Collins senior aerospace welders clear $68-108K with cleared facility + AS9100 + NAS 410. Vermeer Pella (ag + industrial equipment + ~3K Vermeer Pella employees + the substantial Vermeer family-owned + the substantial Vermeer balers + chippers + horizontal directional drilling + the substantial Vermeer post-2018 Pella plant expansion) supports specialized industrial welder work. Winnebago Industries Forest City (RV manufacturing + the substantial Winnebago Class A + Class C motorhome + the substantial Winnebago aluminum + steel chassis welder + AWS D1.2 aluminum) + HNI Corporation Muscatine (office furniture + the substantial HNI ~9K employees + Hearth + the substantial HNI metal welder) support specialized IA manufacturing welder work. ADM + Cargill corn processing + the substantial IA #1 US corn + the substantial IA ~30 ethanol plants + Quaker Oats + General Mills + Tyson + Smithfield meat processing support specialized food processing stainless welder work. Boilermakers Local 83 Kansas City regional + Boilermakers Local 1 Chicago cross-border + United Association Plumbers Pipefitters Local 33 Des Moines + UA Local 125 Cedar Rapids + IBEW Local 347 Des Moines + Ironworkers Local 67 Des Moines + Sheet Metal Workers Local 263 Cedar Rapids + the substantial IA building trades operate substantial collective bargaining at IA industrial + ag prevailing wage rates — though IA IS a Right-to-Work state (signed 1947 + one of earliest US RTW states) limiting union security clauses, the substantial IA building trades retain prevailing-wage public works contracts + the substantial Deere UAW + Collins union representation. AWS Certified Welder + 6G + API 1104 + ASME Section IX + AWS D1.1 + AWS D14 ag + AWS D1.2 aluminum + AS9100 + NAS 410 aerospace cert drive 30-60% wage premium. DMACC + Kirkwood + Hawkeye + Iowa Western + Indian Hills + Iowa Central + Boilermakers Local 83 apprenticeship pipeline. IA 3.8% flat (post-2024 HF 352) + IA 6% sales tax + IA NO estate tax + IA IS a Right-to-Work state anchor the IA welder proposition.