ESAB
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ESAB makes fabrication equipment, including welding, cutting and robotic systems, plus gas control solutions. Its customers are manufacturers and industrial companies that need to join, cut or shape metal. The company has American and Swedish roots, tracing back to Swedish businessman Oscar Kjellberg. ESAB is based in North Bethesda, in the United States.
ESAB was established in 1904 by Oscar Kjellberg in Gothenburg, Sweden. It became an independent, publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in April 2022, after being spun off from Colfax Corporation. As of 2022, it employed about 9,000 people worldwide. Someone joining ESAB today joins a long-established manufacturer that only recently became a standalone public company, rather than a division of a larger conglomerate. Historically, the median salary is ~$113,251. ESAB is an H-1B sponsor.1
Hiring activity
New jobs added per week2
View these weekly figures as a table
| Week beginning | New listings |
|---|---|
| September 7, 2026 | 14 |
| September 14, 2026 | 5 |
| September 21, 2026 | 12 |
| September 28, 2026 | 3 |
| October 5, 2026 | 4 |
| October 12, 2026 | 13 |
| October 19, 2026 | 5 |
| October 26, 2026 (in progress) | 3 |
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What does ESAB actually pay? Based on previous and active job listings with specified pay ranges, the median annual pay is $112,212. Note that 89% of jobs don't list any pay information, so figures may be skewed towards cities like NYC, where pay disclosure is mandated for each posting.4
Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket
| Bracket | Jobs |
|---|---|
| Under $100k | 11 jobs (48%) |
| $100k to $150k | 8 jobs (35%) |
| $150k to $200k | 1 jobs (4%) |
| $200k and up | 3 jobs (13%) |
Posted ranges on jobs open now4
Visa sponsorship
Does ESAB sponsor visas? Using USCIS data, we've collected the number of H-1Bs granted from 2021 to 2023. ESAB is a likely employer for applicants who require sponsorship.5
Visa petitions approved each year (USCIS)5
| Fiscal year | Approved |
|---|---|
| FY2021 | 4 |
| FY2022 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 1 |
Based on public USCIS and Department of Labor records. Past filings do not guarantee future sponsorship. Browse all H1B sponsors →
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Common questions
Is ESAB hiring now?
Yes. There are 96 open jobs, with 27 added in the last 30 days. They close fast though, often within 48 days, so don't wait.
Does ESAB sponsor H-1B visas?
Yes. Government records show 6 approved petitions from FY2021 to FY2023.
How much does ESAB pay?
Posted pay runs $45,772 to $337,540 a year, and the median is $112,212. We only show pay the company printed itself, never estimates.
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Notes & sources
- 1. Company description. Written by InterviewOS from ESAB's public materials and press coverage; facts are checked against the sources below.
- 2. Weekly counts. A count is the number of listings the pipeline saw for the first time in that week. Weeks begin Monday; the onboarding week is excluded from the scale and every average.
- 3. Live counts. Deduplicated live listings observed daily on ESAB's own hiring system; last check October 28, 2026. Stale and syndicated posts on aggregator sites are not counted.
- 4. Posted pay. Ranges extracted from the text of ESAB's own listings; a range appears only when the employer printed one. Extraction is still rolling out, so this table can lag the board.
- 5. Federal visa records. USCIS H1B Employer Data Hub and US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files, matched to this company by name.
Sources
esab.com
USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files
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