How to hire a powder coater

How to hire a powder coater, step by step

Here's a step-by-step powder coater hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a powder coater job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new powder coater
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

Post a powder coater job for free, promote it for a fee

Post free

1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you start hiring a powder coater, identify what type of worker you actually need. Certain positions might call for a full-time employee, while others can be done by a part-time worker or contractor.

   Determine employee vs contractor status

   Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

   Yes

   No

   Hiring the perfect powder coater also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   The following list breaks down different types of powder coaters and their corresponding salaries.

   Type of Powder Coater	Description	Hourly rate
   Powder Coater	Painting and coating workers paint and coat, often with machines, a wide range of products, including cars, jewelry, and ceramics.	$12-19
   Lens Coating Technician	A Lens Coating Technician is responsible for ensuring that every glasses, contact lenses and other eye care polish and clean before giving it to the customer. They assemble the frames and put on the correct and necessary lens and the grinders, lens mounters, and centered-edger... Show more	$12-20

2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Safety Procedures
   • Aluminum
   • Assembly Line
   • Visual Inspections
   • Coats
   • Detect Defects
   • Respirators
   • RAN
   • Spray Booths
   • ISO
   • Equipment Operation
   • Color Changes
   • Spray Guns
   • Viscometers

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Operate diamond turning lathe machines making IR optical lenses.
   • Load seed into dryers for coating, arrange and coat seed.
   • Perform quality tests to assure products meet the specifications regulate by ISO.
   • Select the correct powder and coats to industry, company and customer standards.
   • Programme and setup IR optical jobs carefully following blueprint guidelines to engineer's standards.
   • Follow all GMP regulations and standard operating procedures need to clean and operate equipment.

   More powder coater duties

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your powder coater job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A powder coater salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, powder coaters' average salary in louisiana is 29% less than in alaska.
   • Seniority. Entry-level powder coaters earn 34% less than senior-level powder coaters.
   • Certifications. A powder coater with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a powder coater's salary.

   Average powder coater salary

   $16.40hourly

   $34,122 yearly

   ---

   Entry-level powder coater salary

   $27,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 22, 2026

   Average powder coater salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	Washington	$39,926	$19
   2	Michigan	$38,627	$19
   3	Minnesota	$38,376	$18
   4	California	$37,537	$18
   5	Ohio	$37,329	$18
   6	Nebraska	$36,477	$18
   7	Colorado	$35,619	$17
   8	Indiana	$34,975	$17
   9	Illinois	$34,877	$17
   10	Wisconsin	$33,878	$16
   11	Massachusetts	$33,780	$16
   12	Tennessee	$32,499	$16
   13	North Carolina	$32,429	$16
   14	Texas	$31,422	$15
   15	Florida	$30,707	$15

   Average powder coater salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Applied Materials	$41,608	$20.00
   2	Raytheon Technologies	$41,376	$19.89
   3	Lippert Components	$40,189	$19.32	3
   4	CornellCookson	$38,211	$18.37
   5	Pace Industries	$37,736	$18.14
   6	Kewaunee Scientific	$35,585	$17.11	1
   7	Parallel LLC	$35,110	$16.88	1
   8	Hire Dynamics	$35,110	$16.88
   9	Douglas Machine	$34,264	$16.47
   10	Southco	$33,600	$16.15
   11	Tradesmen International	$32,431	$15.59
   12	LAUNCH Technical Workforce Solutions	$32,381	$15.57
   13	Aerotek	$32,187	$15.47	8
   14	Caliper Family of Companies	$32,093	$15.43
   15	Kelly Services	$31,928	$15.35
   16	Staffmark	$31,753	$15.27
   17	Randstad North America, Inc.	$31,689	$15.24
   18	Adecco	$31,688	$15.23
   19	Workbox Staffing	$31,591	$15.19	1
   20	RESOURCE	$31,469	$15.13

4. Writing a powder coater job description

   A job description for a powder coater role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a powder coater job description:

   Powder coater job description example

   • 2+ years of powder coating experience in an industrial or automotive shop environment ( must have)
   • 2+ years of experience working with wet spray guns ( must have)
   • Experience in sandblasting
   • Experience working with hopper guns ( a plus)
   • Experience working with dry powder ( a plus)

   PAY : $20-24HR + PER DIEM (BASED ON EXPERIENCE)

   ($155/per day 7 days of the week for per diem that can be used for lodging, meals, incidentals (all un taxed) + $44.25 per each travel day to/from Wyoming)

   SHIFT : Monday-Friday, unlimited and optional overtime

   1st shift: 6AM-3PM OR

   2nd shift: 3PM-12AM

   LOCATION : SHERIDAN, WY

   (Close proximity to Yellowstone National park for weekend activities)

   JOB DESCRIPTION: This role is responsible for appropriately powder coating various products that go through the powder coat department.

   • Prepare parts and products for coating
   • Safely operate and handle equipment to apply power coat onto various parts and products
   • Follow all principals and practice of powder coating application
   • Deciphering tags to ensure that accurate parts and colors are being used
   • Bake parts and products at appropriate temperatures within time limitations
   • Will be sanding down parts with an orbital sander to remove imperfections, rust, defects, etc. Will then use various spray guns to apply the powder coat pain.
   • Will need to do basic cleaning and maintenance of equipment as needed

   PAID WEEKLY - FULL BENEFITS - 6-9 MONTH PROJECT - A LOT OF OVER TIME AVAILABLE

   INTERESTED? APPLY TO THIS JOB POSTING

   About Aerotek:

   We know that a company's success starts with its employees. We also know that an individual's success starts with the right career opportunity. As a Best of Staffing Client and Talent leader, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantage for our clients and rewarding careers for our contract employees. Since 1983, Aerotek has grown to become a leader in recruiting and staffing services. With more than 250 non-franchised offices, Aerotek's 8,000 internal employees serve more than 300,000 contract employees and 18,000 clients every year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in talent solutions. Learn more at

   The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

   Copy this example

   

5. Post your job

   To find the right powder coater for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with powder coaters they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit powder coaters who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your powder coater job on Zippia to find and recruit powder coater candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with powder coater candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new powder coater

   Once you've found the powder coater candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   To prepare for the new powder coater first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

   Sign up to download full list

   Sign up

How much does it cost to hire a powder coater?