[White Trash King]

What are you wanting to know? I started out as a welders helper for about 4 years, then learned stick/tig on pipe and started working in power plants, refineries, and chemical plants. I worked on pipelines as a helper, that helper rate seems about right for union work, non union is usually in the mid teens. I'm now working as an inspector and broke 200k last year, (3500+ hours). The money is there if your willing to work, and work in shitty places. Rig welders on pipelines make the most, I know a guy (mid 20s) working in ND right now, he gets 60/hr for the arm, and not sure for his rig, probably around 150 a day, and has been steady working for the last year.