A relative a mine works for an engineering firm that hires a lot of pipe fitters and welders for jobs they bid (beverage industry). The hourly and (frequently)

A relative a mine works for an engineering firm that hires a lot of pipe fitters and welders for jobs they bid (beverage industry). The hourly and (frequently) overtime wages they pay welders often sound good, but the work is also somewhat intermittent and almost always involves significant travel. The welders they hire have pretty significant wage variability year to year.