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Welding Cost Calculator

Quote a welding job in seconds. Price it by your hours and material with a mobile trip fee, or run a detailed weld-metal estimate — filler rod, gas, and labor time by process and weld length.

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Charge for the trip and the time

Welding money is time and a truck. On custom fab, quote your hours and mark up the steel — do not eyeball it. On mobile work the trip fee is not optional; it pays for the drive, the gas, and the generator before you strike an arc. Know your process too: MIG deposits metal about three times faster than TIG, so the same weld is a different bill. Price the arc time, not the wish.

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How much do welders charge?
Shop welding runs about $50–$125 an hour, with $95 a fair default; certified or structural work runs $100–$150. Mobile welding runs $75–$200 an hour plus a trip fee of $150–$300 that covers travel and the first bit of work. Material and consumables get a 20–50% markup on top.
How much does mobile welding cost?
Expect about $125 an hour plus a $200 trip minimum — the truck, the gas, the generator, and the drive all cost money before the first arc. Quote the trip fee up front so a small job still pays, and mark up the steel and consumables.
How do you estimate a weld?
For custom fab, hours times your rate plus marked-up material is the honest quote. For a known joint, figure the deposited metal (a 1/4-inch fillet is about 0.13 lb per foot), divide by the deposition rate for your process to get arc time, then divide by the operating factor for real labor hours — MIG lays metal fast, TIG slow.
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