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Automotive Body Repairers
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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 .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 40 $39,110 0.9 Alabama Auburn 100 $35,150 2.4Alabama Birmingham 450 $42,610 0.8 Alabama Decatur 70 $38,410 1.3 Alabama Dothan 50 $43,020 0.9 Alabama Gadsden 30 $37,770 1 Alabama Huntsville 160 $40,950 0.7 Alabama Mobile 350 $44,850 1.8 Alabama Montgomery 180 $36,910 1 Alabama Tuscaloosa 70 $38,250 0.8 Alaska Anchorage 180 $57,490 1.1 Arizona Flagstaff 50 $42,390 0.9 Arizona Kingman 70 $28,600 1.4 Arizona Phoenix 1,730 $38,280 0.8 Arizona Prescott 100 $49,310 1.7 Arizona Tucson 440 $42,630 1.1 Arizona Yuma 60 $22,010 1 Arkansas Fort Smith 120 $38,710 1 Arkansas Hot Springs 50 $28,220 1.5 Arkansas Little Rock 320 $38,110 0.9 California Bakersfield 180 $37,580 0.6 California Chico 60 $40,460 0.9 California Fresno 280 $35,330 0.8 California Merced 60 $45,060 1.1 California Modesto 220 $40,420 1.3 California Napa 40 $44,860 0.6 California Oakland 1,050 $51,400 0.9 California Redding 70 $48,240 1.1 California Riverside 2,150 $34,970 1.5 California Sacramento 800 $49,320 0.8 California Salinas 100 $45,390 0.6 California San Diego 1,240 $41,890 0.8 California San Francisco 860 $51,590 0.8 California San Jose 870 $40,570 0.9 California San Luis Obispo 90 $45,830 0.9 California Santa Ana 1,310 $50,260 0.8 California Santa Barbara 120 $47,960 0.7 California Santa Cruz 90 $51,110 1 California Santa Rosa 130 $55,350 0.7 California Stockton 230 $41,180 1 California Vallejo 150 $51,830 1.2 California Visalia 70 $43,000 0.5 Colorado Boulder 140 $63,210 0.8 Colorado Colorado Springs 240 $46,800 0.9 Colorado Denver 1,380 $47,870 1 Colorado Fort Collins 110 $48,190 0.9 Colorado Grand Junction 50 $45,500 0.9 Colorado Greeley 80 $50,330 1.1 Colorado Pueblo 50 $28,960 1 Connecticut Bridgeport 550 $43,580 1.2 Connecticut Danbury 160 $46,370 2.3Connecticut Hartford 520 $47,160 0.8 Connecticut New Haven 330 $38,310 1.1 Connecticut Norwich 160 $35,840 1.2 Connecticut Waterbury 150 $40,990 2.2Delaware Dover 80 $36,590 1.5 Delaware Wilmington 340 $43,250 1 District of Columbia Washington 1,700 $54,370 0.7 Florida Cape Coral 310 $30,420 1.4 Florida Deltona 140 $31,850 0.9 Florida Fort Lauderdale 520 $39,850 0.6 Florida Fort Walton Beach 60 $50,740 0.8 Florida Gainesville 140 $37,700 1.2 Florida Jacksonville 710 $38,450 1.1 Florida Lakeland 130 $43,620 0.6 Florida Miami 1,150 $32,990 1.1 Florida Naples 110 $44,640 0.9 Florida Ocala 90 $36,680 0.9 Florida Orlando 1,130 $34,200 1 Florida Palm Bay 190 $37,370 0.9 Florida Palm Coast 40 $36,570 3.6Florida Panama City 60 $38,350 0.9 Florida Pensacola 200 $41,660 1.3 Florida Punta Gorda 40 $49,620 1.1 Florida Sarasota 230 $41,040 0.8 Florida Tallahassee 180 $36,260 1.1 Florida Tampa 1,170 $41,130 0.9 Florida West Palm Beach 480 $33,020 0.8 Georgia Albany 90 $41,780 1.5 Georgia Athens 110 $41,440 1.5 Georgia Atlanta 2,620 $44,870 1 Georgia Augusta 250 $38,320 1.2 Georgia Brunswick 120 $34,440 3Georgia Columbus 160 $41,560 1.4 Georgia Dalton 70 $35,080 0.9 Georgia Gainesville 30 $35,490 0.4 Georgia Macon 130 $36,530 1.3 Georgia Savannah 210 $41,400 1.3 Georgia Valdosta 80 $28,140 1.5 Georgia Warner Robins 50 $33,710 1.1 Hawaii Honolulu 290 $39,580 0.6 Idaho Coeur Dalene 60 $34,190 1.1 Illinois Bloomington 110 $46,380 1.6 Illinois Champaign 110 $34,060 1.2 Illinois Chicago 3,800 $44,500 0.9 Illinois Decatur 50 $44,780 1.1 Illinois Kankakee 70 $35,940 2Illinois Peoria 160 $44,390 0.9 Illinois Rockford 170 $45,930 1.1 Illinois Springfield 140 $42,650 1.3 Indiana Anderson 60 $36,700 1.6 Indiana Bloomington 70 $49,270 1 Indiana Columbus 40 $36,490 1 Indiana Elkhart 170 $44,570 1.3 Indiana Evansville 260 $37,630 1.4 Indiana Fort Wayne 270 $38,970 1.2 Indiana Gary 410 $53,560 1.4 Indiana Indianapolis 730 $45,070 0.7 Indiana Kokomo 40 $44,520 1.2 Indiana Lafayette 90 $38,000 1.2 Indiana Michigan City 30 $51,840 0.7 Indiana Muncie 40 $37,440 0.9 Indiana South Bend 150 $49,020 1.1 Indiana Terre Haute 90 $37,530 1.3 Iowa Ames 60 $35,000 1.7 Iowa Cedar Rapids 190 $39,570 1.4 Iowa Davenport 200 $36,530 1 Iowa Des Moines 390 $42,180 1.1 Iowa Iowa City 100 $38,020 1.4 Iowa Sioux City 110 $33,550 1.6 Iowa Waterloo 170 $33,340 2 Kansas Wichita 340 $37,230 1 Kentucky Elizabethtown 30 $32,570 0.7 Kentucky Lexington 240 $34,140 0.9 Kentucky Louisville 670 $44,220 1 Kentucky Owensboro 50 $36,500 1.1 Louisiana Baton Rouge 350 $40,870 0.9 Louisiana Houma 70 $39,790 0.7 Louisiana Lafayette 120 $37,790 0.8 Louisiana Lake Charles 70 $35,580 0.8 Louisiana Monroe 60 $30,530 0.8 Louisiana New Orleans 720 $36,930 1.3 Louisiana Shreveport 140 $34,670 0.8 Maine Bangor 70 $34,260 1.1 Maine Portland 230 $41,530 1.1 Maryland Baltimore 1,490 $41,580 1 Maryland Bethesda 580 $45,730 0.9 Maryland Cumberland 50 $28,560 1.5 Maryland Hagerstown 150 $33,990 1.5 Maryland Salisbury 90 $34,110 1.8 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 100 $44,080 1 Massachusetts Boston 1,820 $44,130 1 Massachusetts Brockton 180 $39,730 2Massachusetts Framingham 520 $45,210 3.1Massachusetts Haverhill 150 $45,920 2 Massachusetts Lawrence 50 $57,970 0.9 Massachusetts Leominster 50 $46,370 1.1 Massachusetts New Bedford 60 $32,320 0.9 Massachusetts Springfield 510 $43,030 1.6 Massachusetts Taunton 50 $37,470 1.1 Massachusetts Worcester 310 $38,150 1.2 Michigan Ann Arbor 210 $50,740 1.2 Michigan Battle Creek 80 $37,030 1.7 Michigan Bay City 70 $27,410 2.2Michigan Detroit 1,120 $42,030 1.4 Michigan Flint 360 $39,640 2.5Michigan Grand Rapids 570 $37,270 1.4 Michigan Holland 180 $48,670 1.7 Michigan Jackson 50 $45,420 1 Michigan Kalamazoo 90 $50,420 0.6 Michigan Lansing 200 $48,950 1 Michigan Monroe 70 $39,440 1.9 Michigan Niles 70 $41,260 1.2 Michigan Saginaw 100 $36,430 1.3 Michigan Warren 1,600 $51,660 1.3 Minnesota Duluth 190 $33,440 1.4 Minnesota Minneapolis 1,600 $48,970 0.8 Minnesota Rochester 110 $40,170 1.2 Minnesota St Cloud 130 $35,880 1.3 Mississippi Gulfport 130 $40,650 1.2 Mississippi Hattiesburg 50 $33,230 0.9 Mississippi Jackson 310 $31,780 1.1 Mississippi Pascagoula 50 $34,600 1.1 Missouri Columbia 100 $36,970 1.2 Missouri Jefferson City 80 $32,590 1.2 Missouri Kansas City 1,010 $48,460 0.9 Missouri Springfield 170 $46,240 0.8 Missouri St Louis 2,140 $46,720 1.4 Montana Billings 110 $34,340 1.4 Montana Great Falls 100 $31,190 3.2Montana Missoula 120 $35,370 2.4Nebraska Lincoln 130 $36,770 0.8 Nebraska Omaha 560 $37,150 1.1 Nevada Carson City 30 $40,470 1.2 Nevada Las Vegas 790 $41,030 0.8 Nevada Reno 240 $37,890 1.1 New Hampshire Manchester 150 $40,520 1.4 New Hampshire Nashua 190 $36,210 1.3 New Hampshire Portsmouth 60 $41,160 1.1 New Jersey Atlantic City 90 $39,080 0.6 New Jersey Camden 830 $41,580 1.4 New Jersey Edison 1,160 $38,640 1 New Jersey Newark 1,580 $34,990 1.4 New Jersey Ocean City 50 $39,990 1.3 New Jersey Vineland 30 $41,980 0.5 New Mexico Albuquerque 390 $35,950 0.9 New Mexico Las Cruces 40 $28,140 0.7 New York Albany 490 $38,040 1 New York Binghamton 140 $29,700 1.3 New York Buffalo 720 $36,240 1.2 New York Elmira 50 $31,900 1.5 New York Ithaca 40 $40,420 1 New York Kingston 60 $35,370 1 New York Nassau 2,220 $34,040 1.6 New York New York 3,410 $36,060 0.6 New York Poughkeepsie 530 $36,740 2.1New York Rochester 720 $41,870 1.3 New York Syracuse 470 $37,670 1.4 New York Utica 160 $30,120 1.2 North Carolina Asheville 180 $35,220 1 North Carolina Burlington 40 $34,050 0.7 North Carolina Charlotte 1,510 $47,660 1.6 North Carolina Durham 180 $34,790 0.6 North Carolina Fayetteville 170 $37,890 1.4 North Carolina Goldsboro 70 $40,250 2North Carolina Greensboro 500 $40,970 1.2 North Carolina Greenville 60 $40,940 0.9 North Carolina Hickory 150 $34,590 0.9 North Carolina Jacksonville 90 $43,150 2.4North Carolina Raleigh 600 $37,740 1.1 North Carolina Rocky Mount 100 1.8 North Carolina Wilmington 120 $41,480 0.8 North Carolina Winston Salem 210 $39,740 0.9 North Dakota Bismarck 110 $38,700 2North Dakota Fargo 250 $39,750 2.1North Dakota Grand Forks 60 $37,600 1.3 Ohio Akron 470 $40,480 1.3 Ohio Canton 190 $41,980 1 Ohio Cincinnati 1,260 $43,550 1.1 Ohio Cleveland 1,100 $42,030 0.9 Ohio Columbus 1,340 $39,720 1.3 Ohio Dayton 310 $39,730 0.7 Ohio Lima 50 $37,840 1 Ohio Mansfield 50 $34,350 1 Ohio Sandusky 40 $34,120 1.2 Ohio Springfield 60 $38,690 1.3 Ohio Toledo 370 $32,310 1.1 Ohio Youngstown 200 $35,330 0.8 Oklahoma Lawton 30 $35,240 0.9 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 1,180 $34,010 1.9 Oklahoma Tulsa 720 $34,000 1.5 Oregon Bend 50 $42,410 0.7 Oregon Eugene 160 $45,740 1 Oregon Medford 60 $46,510 0.7 Oregon Portland 1,130 $42,730 1 Oregon Salem 160 $40,240 1 Pennsylvania Allentown 630 $39,900 1.7 Pennsylvania Altoona 30 $37,090 0.5 Pennsylvania Erie 110 $34,170 0.9 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 380 $41,500 1.1 Pennsylvania Johnstown 60 $30,950 1.1 Pennsylvania Lancaster 470 $39,770 1.9 Pennsylvania Lebanon 130 $28,390 3Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2,110 $44,530 1 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 1,270 $39,420 1 Pennsylvania Reading 480 $38,990 2.8Pennsylvania Scranton 300 $32,130 1.1 Pennsylvania State College 40 $34,070 0.7 Pennsylvania Williamsport 60 $30,880 1.2 Pennsylvania York 310 $38,970 1.6 Rhode Island Providence 930 $36,390 1.5 South Carolina Charleston 330 $36,080 1.1 South Carolina Columbia 230 $41,620 0.6 South Carolina Florence 90 $36,950 1.1 South Carolina Greenville 340 $39,400 1 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 130 $38,720 1.1 South Carolina Spartanburg 100 $37,600 0.8 South Carolina Sumter 50 $36,940 1.6 South Dakota Rapid City 140 $33,580 2.3South Dakota Sioux Falls 140 $31,150 1 Tennessee Chattanooga 140 $40,290 0.6 Tennessee Clarksville 110 $43,450 1.5 Tennessee Jackson 50 $31,810 0.9 Tennessee Johnson City 80 $35,400 1.1 Tennessee Kingsport 150 $32,760 1.3 Tennessee Knoxville 750 $39,430 2.1Tennessee Memphis 830 $41,280 1.2 Tennessee Morristown 60 $26,820 1.4 Tennessee Nashville 900 $47,450 1.1 Texas Abilene 50 $27,380 0.8 Texas Amarillo 90 $33,680 0.9 Texas Austin 650 $49,630 0.8 Texas Beaumont 160 $35,550 1 Texas Brownsville 50 $28,540 0.4 Texas Corpus Christi 120 $35,930 0.6 Texas Dallas 2,240 $36,980 1 Texas El Paso 240 $30,180 0.9 Texas Fort Worth 800 $37,370 0.8 Texas Houston 2,410 $36,940 0.8 Texas Killeen 120 $49,410 1 Texas Longview 40 $35,280 0.4 Texas Lubbock 180 $48,970 1.4 Texas Mcallen 160 $30,820 0.7 Texas Midland 50 $31,700 0.8 Texas Odessa 40 $46,240 0.7 Texas San Angelo 60 1.6 Texas San Antonio 980 $38,310 1.1 Texas Sherman 40 $28,800 1.1 Texas Texarkana 80 $28,670 1.5 Texas Tyler 100 $40,390 1.1 Texas Victoria 40 $34,270 0.9 Texas Waco 160 $41,490 1.6 Texas Wichita Falls 160 $36,790 2.9Utah Logan 110 $35,080 2.5Utah Ogden 220 $42,750 1 Utah Provo 190 $39,920 1.1 Utah Salt Lake City 860 $37,100 1.3 Utah St George 100 $33,180 2.2Vermont Burlington 190 $30,690 1.7 Virginia Blacksburg 100 $33,810 1.7 Virginia Charlottesville 100 $42,630 1.1 Virginia Harrisonburg 110 $30,410 2.1Virginia Richmond 510 $42,990 0.8 Virginia Virginia Beach 750 $51,520 0.9 Virginia Winchester 60 $36,990 1.2 Washington Bremerton 100 $39,670 1.2 Washington Kennewick 30 $38,060 0.3 Washington Mount Vernon 70 $41,140 1.7 Washington Olympia 130 $43,870 1.4 Washington Seattle 1,160 $45,470 0.7 Washington Spokane 180 $40,800 0.8 Washington Tacoma 270 $42,880 0.9 Washington Wenatchee 40 $33,720 1.1 Washington Yakima 70 $42,860 0.9 West Virginia Charleston 140 $32,910 0.9 West Virginia Huntington 110 $34,180 1 West Virginia Morgantown 110 $29,560 2.5West Virginia Parkersburg 100 $33,050 1.5 West Virginia Wheeling 60 $34,980 1 Wisconsin Appleton 80 $37,160 0.7 Wisconsin Eau Claire 70 $38,240 0.9 Wisconsin Fond 50 $36,570 1.2 Wisconsin Green Bay 120 $37,990 0.7 Wisconsin Janesville 60 $43,640 0.9 Wisconsin La Crosse 120 $37,440 1.8 Wisconsin Madison 290 $38,000 0.8 Wisconsin Milwaukee 900 $39,460 1 Wisconsin Oshkosh 120 $33,610 1.4 Wisconsin Racine 160 $36,690 2.1Wisconsin Sheboygan 70 $38,810 1.3 Wisconsin Wausau 90 $36,580 1.4 Wyoming Casper 30 $33,870 0.9 Wyoming Cheyenne 50 $41,220 1.2
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