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Automotive Body Repairers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

The count of automotive body repairers working in the US is about 183,000. Unemployment for this career is high compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

A government survey revealed that 6% of employees work only part of the time. Automotive body repairers who work as their own boss represent 14% of the total.

Training and Education

Many employers require long-term on-the-job training from job applicants. Bachelor's degrees are held by 3% of employees. People with some college experience but no degree make up 23% of automotive body repairers. The highest level of education for for 74% of workers was a high school diploma. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

There are comparatively more jobs of this type in Palm Coast (Florida), Great Falls (Montana), and Framingham (Massachusetts), and comparatively fewer in Longview (Texas), Brownsville (Texas), and Kennewick (Washington).

The earning potential for automotive body repairers appears to be highest in Anchorage (Alaska), Boulder (Colorado), and Santa Rosa (California), and lowest (comparatively speaking) in Cape Coral (Florida), Sherman (Texas), and Yuma (Arizona).

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Automotive Body Repairers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Automotive Body Repairers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Automotive Body Repairers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Automotive Body Repairers are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston40$39,1100.9
AlabamaAuburn100$35,150 2.4
AlabamaBirmingham450$42,6100.8
AlabamaDecatur70$38,4101.3
AlabamaDothan50$43,0200.9
AlabamaGadsden30$37,7701
AlabamaHuntsville160$40,9500.7
AlabamaMobile350$44,8501.8
AlabamaMontgomery180$36,9101
AlabamaTuscaloosa70$38,2500.8
AlaskaAnchorage180$57,4901.1
ArizonaFlagstaff50$42,3900.9
ArizonaKingman70$28,6001.4
ArizonaPhoenix1,730$38,2800.8
ArizonaPrescott100$49,3101.7
ArizonaTucson440$42,6301.1
ArizonaYuma60$22,0101
ArkansasFort Smith120$38,7101
ArkansasHot Springs50$28,2201.5
ArkansasLittle Rock320$38,1100.9
CaliforniaBakersfield180$37,5800.6
CaliforniaChico60$40,4600.9
CaliforniaFresno280$35,3300.8
CaliforniaMerced60$45,0601.1
CaliforniaModesto220$40,4201.3
CaliforniaNapa40$44,8600.6
CaliforniaOakland1,050$51,4000.9
CaliforniaRedding70$48,2401.1
CaliforniaRiverside2,150$34,9701.5
CaliforniaSacramento800$49,3200.8
CaliforniaSalinas100$45,3900.6
CaliforniaSan Diego1,240$41,8900.8
CaliforniaSan Francisco860$51,5900.8
CaliforniaSan Jose870$40,5700.9
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo90$45,8300.9
CaliforniaSanta Ana1,310$50,2600.8
CaliforniaSanta Barbara120$47,9600.7
CaliforniaSanta Cruz90$51,1101
CaliforniaSanta Rosa130$55,3500.7
CaliforniaStockton230$41,1801
CaliforniaVallejo150$51,8301.2
CaliforniaVisalia70$43,0000.5
ColoradoBoulder140$63,2100.8
ColoradoColorado Springs240$46,8000.9
ColoradoDenver1,380$47,8701
ColoradoFort Collins110$48,1900.9
ColoradoGrand Junction50$45,5000.9
ColoradoGreeley80$50,3301.1
ColoradoPueblo50$28,9601
ConnecticutBridgeport550$43,5801.2
ConnecticutDanbury160$46,370 2.3
ConnecticutHartford520$47,1600.8
ConnecticutNew Haven330$38,3101.1
ConnecticutNorwich160$35,8401.2
ConnecticutWaterbury150$40,990 2.2
DelawareDover80$36,5901.5
DelawareWilmington340$43,2501
District of ColumbiaWashington1,700$54,3700.7
FloridaCape Coral310$30,4201.4
FloridaDeltona140$31,8500.9
FloridaFort Lauderdale520$39,8500.6
FloridaFort Walton Beach60$50,7400.8
FloridaGainesville140$37,7001.2
FloridaJacksonville710$38,4501.1
FloridaLakeland130$43,6200.6
FloridaMiami1,150$32,9901.1
FloridaNaples110$44,6400.9
FloridaOcala90$36,6800.9
FloridaOrlando1,130$34,2001
FloridaPalm Bay190$37,3700.9
FloridaPalm Coast40$36,570 3.6
FloridaPanama City60$38,3500.9
FloridaPensacola200$41,6601.3
FloridaPunta Gorda40$49,6201.1
FloridaSarasota230$41,0400.8
FloridaTallahassee180$36,2601.1
FloridaTampa1,170$41,1300.9
FloridaWest Palm Beach480$33,0200.8
GeorgiaAlbany90$41,7801.5
GeorgiaAthens110$41,4401.5
GeorgiaAtlanta2,620$44,8701
GeorgiaAugusta250$38,3201.2
GeorgiaBrunswick120$34,440 3
GeorgiaColumbus160$41,5601.4
GeorgiaDalton70$35,0800.9
GeorgiaGainesville30$35,4900.4
GeorgiaMacon130$36,5301.3
GeorgiaSavannah210$41,4001.3
GeorgiaValdosta80$28,1401.5
GeorgiaWarner Robins50$33,7101.1
HawaiiHonolulu290$39,5800.6
IdahoCoeur Dalene60$34,1901.1
IllinoisBloomington110$46,3801.6
IllinoisChampaign110$34,0601.2
IllinoisChicago3,800$44,5000.9
IllinoisDecatur50$44,7801.1
IllinoisKankakee70$35,940 2
IllinoisPeoria160$44,3900.9
IllinoisRockford170$45,9301.1
IllinoisSpringfield140$42,6501.3
IndianaAnderson60$36,7001.6
IndianaBloomington70$49,2701
IndianaColumbus40$36,4901
IndianaElkhart170$44,5701.3
IndianaEvansville260$37,6301.4
IndianaFort Wayne270$38,9701.2
IndianaGary410$53,5601.4
IndianaIndianapolis730$45,0700.7
IndianaKokomo40$44,5201.2
IndianaLafayette90$38,0001.2
IndianaMichigan City30$51,8400.7
IndianaMuncie40$37,4400.9
IndianaSouth Bend150$49,0201.1
IndianaTerre Haute90$37,5301.3
IowaAmes60$35,0001.7
IowaCedar Rapids190$39,5701.4
IowaDavenport200$36,5301
IowaDes Moines390$42,1801.1
IowaIowa City100$38,0201.4
IowaSioux City110$33,5501.6
IowaWaterloo170$33,3402
KansasWichita340$37,2301
KentuckyElizabethtown30$32,5700.7
KentuckyLexington240$34,1400.9
KentuckyLouisville670$44,2201
KentuckyOwensboro50$36,5001.1
LouisianaBaton Rouge350$40,8700.9
LouisianaHouma70$39,7900.7
LouisianaLafayette120$37,7900.8
LouisianaLake Charles70$35,5800.8
LouisianaMonroe60$30,5300.8
LouisianaNew Orleans720$36,9301.3
LouisianaShreveport140$34,6700.8
MaineBangor70$34,2601.1
MainePortland230$41,5301.1
MarylandBaltimore1,490$41,5801
MarylandBethesda580$45,7300.9
MarylandCumberland50$28,5601.5
MarylandHagerstown150$33,9901.5
MarylandSalisbury90$34,1101.8
MassachusettsBarnstable Town100$44,0801
MassachusettsBoston1,820$44,1301
MassachusettsBrockton180$39,730 2
MassachusettsFramingham520$45,210 3.1
MassachusettsHaverhill150$45,9202
MassachusettsLawrence50$57,9700.9
MassachusettsLeominster50$46,3701.1
MassachusettsNew Bedford60$32,3200.9
MassachusettsSpringfield510$43,0301.6
MassachusettsTaunton50$37,4701.1
MassachusettsWorcester310$38,1501.2
MichiganAnn Arbor210$50,7401.2
MichiganBattle Creek80$37,0301.7
MichiganBay City70$27,410 2.2
MichiganDetroit1,120$42,0301.4
MichiganFlint360$39,640 2.5
MichiganGrand Rapids570$37,2701.4
MichiganHolland180$48,6701.7
MichiganJackson50$45,4201
MichiganKalamazoo90$50,4200.6
MichiganLansing200$48,9501
MichiganMonroe70$39,4401.9
MichiganNiles70$41,2601.2
MichiganSaginaw100$36,4301.3
MichiganWarren1,600$51,6601.3
MinnesotaDuluth190$33,4401.4
MinnesotaMinneapolis1,600$48,9700.8
MinnesotaRochester110$40,1701.2
MinnesotaSt Cloud130$35,8801.3
MississippiGulfport130$40,6501.2
MississippiHattiesburg50$33,2300.9
MississippiJackson310$31,7801.1
MississippiPascagoula50$34,6001.1
MissouriColumbia100$36,9701.2
MissouriJefferson City80$32,5901.2
MissouriKansas City1,010$48,4600.9
MissouriSpringfield170$46,2400.8
MissouriSt Louis2,140$46,7201.4
MontanaBillings110$34,3401.4
MontanaGreat Falls100$31,190 3.2
MontanaMissoula120$35,370 2.4
NebraskaLincoln130$36,7700.8
NebraskaOmaha560$37,1501.1
NevadaCarson City30$40,4701.2
NevadaLas Vegas790$41,0300.8
NevadaReno240$37,8901.1
New HampshireManchester150$40,5201.4
New HampshireNashua190$36,2101.3
New HampshirePortsmouth60$41,1601.1
New JerseyAtlantic City90$39,0800.6
New JerseyCamden830$41,5801.4
New JerseyEdison1,160$38,6401
New JerseyNewark1,580$34,9901.4
New JerseyOcean City50$39,9901.3
New JerseyVineland30$41,9800.5
New MexicoAlbuquerque390$35,9500.9
New MexicoLas Cruces40$28,1400.7
New YorkAlbany490$38,0401
New YorkBinghamton140$29,7001.3
New YorkBuffalo720$36,2401.2
New YorkElmira50$31,9001.5
New YorkIthaca40$40,4201
New YorkKingston60$35,3701
New YorkNassau2,220$34,0401.6
New YorkNew York3,410$36,0600.6
New YorkPoughkeepsie530$36,740 2.1
New YorkRochester720$41,8701.3
New YorkSyracuse470$37,6701.4
New YorkUtica160$30,1201.2
North CarolinaAsheville180$35,2201
North CarolinaBurlington40$34,0500.7
North CarolinaCharlotte1,510$47,6601.6
North CarolinaDurham180$34,7900.6
North CarolinaFayetteville170$37,8901.4
North CarolinaGoldsboro70$40,250 2
North CarolinaGreensboro500$40,9701.2
North CarolinaGreenville60$40,9400.9
North CarolinaHickory150$34,5900.9
North CarolinaJacksonville90$43,150 2.4
North CarolinaRaleigh600$37,7401.1
North CarolinaRocky Mount100 1.8
North CarolinaWilmington120$41,4800.8
North CarolinaWinston Salem210$39,7400.9
North DakotaBismarck110$38,700 2
North DakotaFargo250$39,750 2.1
North DakotaGrand Forks60$37,6001.3
OhioAkron470$40,4801.3
OhioCanton190$41,9801
OhioCincinnati1,260$43,5501.1
OhioCleveland1,100$42,0300.9
OhioColumbus1,340$39,7201.3
OhioDayton310$39,7300.7
OhioLima50$37,8401
OhioMansfield50$34,3501
OhioSandusky40$34,1201.2
OhioSpringfield60$38,6901.3
OhioToledo370$32,3101.1
OhioYoungstown200$35,3300.8
OklahomaLawton30$35,2400.9
OklahomaOklahoma City1,180$34,0101.9
OklahomaTulsa720$34,0001.5
OregonBend50$42,4100.7
OregonEugene160$45,7401
OregonMedford60$46,5100.7
OregonPortland1,130$42,7301
OregonSalem160$40,2401
PennsylvaniaAllentown630$39,9001.7
PennsylvaniaAltoona30$37,0900.5
PennsylvaniaErie110$34,1700.9
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg380$41,5001.1
PennsylvaniaJohnstown60$30,9501.1
PennsylvaniaLancaster470$39,7701.9
PennsylvaniaLebanon130$28,390 3
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia2,110$44,5301
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,270$39,4201
PennsylvaniaReading480$38,990 2.8
PennsylvaniaScranton300$32,1301.1
PennsylvaniaState College40$34,0700.7
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport60$30,8801.2
PennsylvaniaYork310$38,9701.6
Rhode IslandProvidence930$36,3901.5
South CarolinaCharleston330$36,0801.1
South CarolinaColumbia230$41,6200.6
South CarolinaFlorence90$36,9501.1
South CarolinaGreenville340$39,4001
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach130$38,7201.1
South CarolinaSpartanburg100$37,6000.8
South CarolinaSumter50$36,9401.6
South DakotaRapid City140$33,580 2.3
South DakotaSioux Falls140$31,1501
TennesseeChattanooga140$40,2900.6
TennesseeClarksville110$43,4501.5
TennesseeJackson50$31,8100.9
TennesseeJohnson City80$35,4001.1
TennesseeKingsport150$32,7601.3
TennesseeKnoxville750$39,430 2.1
TennesseeMemphis830$41,2801.2
TennesseeMorristown60$26,8201.4
TennesseeNashville900$47,4501.1
TexasAbilene50$27,3800.8
TexasAmarillo90$33,6800.9
TexasAustin650$49,6300.8
TexasBeaumont160$35,5501
TexasBrownsville50$28,5400.4
TexasCorpus Christi120$35,9300.6
TexasDallas2,240$36,9801
TexasEl Paso240$30,1800.9
TexasFort Worth800$37,3700.8
TexasHouston2,410$36,9400.8
TexasKilleen120$49,4101
TexasLongview40$35,2800.4
TexasLubbock180$48,9701.4
TexasMcallen160$30,8200.7
TexasMidland50$31,7000.8
TexasOdessa40$46,2400.7
TexasSan Angelo60 1.6
TexasSan Antonio980$38,3101.1
TexasSherman40$28,8001.1
TexasTexarkana80$28,6701.5
TexasTyler100$40,3901.1
TexasVictoria40$34,2700.9
TexasWaco160$41,4901.6
TexasWichita Falls160$36,790 2.9
UtahLogan110$35,080 2.5
UtahOgden220$42,7501
UtahProvo190$39,9201.1
UtahSalt Lake City860$37,1001.3
UtahSt George100$33,180 2.2
VermontBurlington190$30,6901.7
VirginiaBlacksburg100$33,8101.7
VirginiaCharlottesville100$42,6301.1
VirginiaHarrisonburg110$30,410 2.1
VirginiaRichmond510$42,9900.8
VirginiaVirginia Beach750$51,5200.9
VirginiaWinchester60$36,9901.2
WashingtonBremerton100$39,6701.2
WashingtonKennewick30$38,0600.3
WashingtonMount Vernon70$41,1401.7
WashingtonOlympia130$43,8701.4
WashingtonSeattle1,160$45,4700.7
WashingtonSpokane180$40,8000.8
WashingtonTacoma270$42,8800.9
WashingtonWenatchee40$33,7201.1
WashingtonYakima70$42,8600.9
West VirginiaCharleston140$32,9100.9
West VirginiaHuntington110$34,1801
West VirginiaMorgantown110$29,560 2.5
West VirginiaParkersburg100$33,0501.5
West VirginiaWheeling60$34,9801
WisconsinAppleton80$37,1600.7
WisconsinEau Claire70$38,2400.9
WisconsinFond50$36,5701.2
WisconsinGreen Bay120$37,9900.7
WisconsinJanesville60$43,6400.9
WisconsinLa Crosse120$37,4401.8
WisconsinMadison290$38,0000.8
WisconsinMilwaukee900$39,4601
WisconsinOshkosh120$33,6101.4
WisconsinRacine160$36,690 2.1
WisconsinSheboygan70$38,8101.3
WisconsinWausau90$36,5801.4
WyomingCasper30$33,8700.9
WyomingCheyenne50$41,2201.2
 

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