Robert visit www.indeed.com type in welder in those few stats. mississippi. alabama, louisiana. and you will find plenty of shipyards to work in. 20.oohr on arm and 17.50 hr for perdiem. thats a base bout what the going rate is now down here. me i tend to stay out of them, i have no experience in them, therefor they wont let me in! lol that could be a good thing.