Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023
49-3021 Automotive Body and Related Repairers
Repair and refinish automotive vehicle bodies and straighten vehicle frames. Excludes “Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers” (49-3022) and “Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders” (51-9124).
National estimates for Automotive Body and Related Repairers
Industry profile for Automotive Body and Related Repairers
Geographic profile for Automotive Body and Related Repairers
National estimates for Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 151,910 |
1.1 % |
$ 26.55 |
$ 55,220 |
0.5 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 16.95 |
$ 19.92 |
$ 23.43 |
$ 29.84 |
$ 38.65 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 35,250 |
$ 41,430 |
$ 48,740 |
$ 62,060 |
$ 80,380 |
Industry profile for Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Automotive Body and Related Repairers are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Automotive Body and Related Repairers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Automotive Repair and Maintenance |
111,200 |
11.11 |
$ 26.89 |
$ 55,940 |
| Automobile Dealers |
24,540 |
1.94 |
$ 25.56 |
$ 53,160 |
| Motor Vehicle Manufacturing |
3,750 |
1.31 |
$ 24.58 |
$ 51,120 |
| Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers |
2,480 |
0.68 |
$ 24.54 |
$ 51,050 |
| Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing |
1,710 |
0.82 |
$ 23.95 |
$ 49,810 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Automotive Repair and Maintenance |
111,200 |
11.11 |
$ 26.89 |
$ 55,940 |
| Automobile Dealers |
24,540 |
1.94 |
$ 25.56 |
$ 53,160 |
| Motor Vehicle Manufacturing |
3,750 |
1.31 |
$ 24.58 |
$ 51,120 |
| Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing |
1,710 |
0.82 |
$ 23.95 |
$ 49,810 |
| Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers |
2,480 |
0.68 |
$ 24.54 |
$ 51,050 |
Top paying industries for Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Local Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
1,160 |
0.02 |
$ 37.58 |
$ 78,170 |
| Postal Service (Federal Government) |
160 |
0.03 |
$ 36.15 |
$ 75,180 |
| Spectator Sports |
530 |
0.35 |
$ 35.56 |
$ 73,960 |
| Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation) |
120 |
0.01 |
$ 33.40 |
$ 69,460 |
| Urban Transit Systems |
40 |
0.09 |
$ 32.69 |
$ 67,980 |
Geographic profile for Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Automotive Body and Related Repairers are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Automotive Body and Related Repairers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
15,620 |
0.87 |
0.87 |
$ 29.12 |
$ 60,570 |
| Texas |
14,810 |
1.09 |
1.09 |
$ 25.75 |
$ 53,560 |
| Florida |
7,730 |
0.81 |
0.81 |
$ 26.52 |
$ 55,170 |
| Tennessee |
6,770 |
2.10 |
2.10 |
$ 23.10 |
$ 48,050 |
| New York |
6,710 |
0.71 |
0.71 |
$ 27.37 |
$ 56,920 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Tennessee |
6,770 |
2.10 |
2.10 |
$ 23.10 |
$ 48,050 |
| Rhode Island |
850 |
1.74 |
1.74 |
$ 29.47 |
$ 61,300 |
| North Dakota |
680 |
1.64 |
1.64 |
$ 26.61 |
$ 55,360 |
| South Dakota |
710 |
1.59 |
1.59 |
$ 26.36 |
$ 54,840 |
| Indiana |
4,590 |
1.45 |
1.45 |
$ 26.11 |
$ 54,320 |
Top paying states for Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Maryland |
2,330 |
0.87 |
0.87 |
$ 32.00 |
$ 66,560 |
| Virginia |
3,670 |
0.92 |
0.92 |
$ 31.94 |
$ 66,420 |
| District of Columbia |
50 |
0.07 |
0.07 |
$ 30.81 |
$ 64,080 |
| Nevada |
870 |
0.59 |
0.59 |
$ 29.57 |
$ 61,500 |
| Rhode Island |
850 |
1.74 |
1.74 |
$ 29.47 |
$ 61,300 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
6,920 |
0.73 |
0.73 |
$ 29.80 |
$ 61,990 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
5,600 |
0.90 |
0.90 |
$ 28.65 |
$ 59,600 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
4,360 |
1.10 |
1.10 |
$ 28.32 |
$ 58,900 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
4,260 |
0.94 |
0.94 |
$ 27.13 |
$ 56,440 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
3,310 |
1.04 |
1.04 |
$ 25.77 |
$ 53,610 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
3,040 |
1.08 |
1.08 |
$ 28.56 |
$ 59,410 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
2,930 |
2.73 |
2.73 |
$ 23.92 |
$ 49,760 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
2,750 |
0.97 |
0.97 |
$ 27.67 |
$ 57,560 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
2,590 |
0.94 |
0.94 |
$ 28.18 |
$ 58,620 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
2,440 |
1.29 |
1.29 |
$ 26.19 |
$ 54,470 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA |
1,700 |
6.48 |
6.48 |
$ 21.53 |
$ 44,780 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
420 |
3.09 |
3.09 |
$ 27.54 |
$ 57,270 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
2,930 |
2.73 |
2.73 |
$ 23.92 |
$ 49,760 |
| Bloomington, IL |
210 |
2.26 |
2.26 |
$ 30.61 |
$ 63,670 |
| Rapid City, SD |
160 |
2.22 |
2.22 |
$ 25.21 |
$ 52,430 |
| Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA |
110 |
1.93 |
1.93 |
$ 26.01 |
$ 54,090 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX |
280 |
1.92 |
1.92 |
$ 22.82 |
$ 47,460 |
| Jackson, TN |
130 |
1.83 |
1.83 |
$ 23.23 |
$ 48,320 |
| Albany, GA |
110 |
1.82 |
1.82 |
$ 25.08 |
$ 52,160 |
| San Angelo, TX |
90 |
1.74 |
1.74 |
$ 23.08 |
$ 48,000 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
2,250 |
0.73 |
0.73 |
$ 35.23 |
$ 73,280 |
| Charlottesville, VA |
80 |
0.67 |
0.67 |
$ 34.89 |
$ 72,580 |
| Logan, UT-ID |
80 |
1.15 |
1.15 |
$ 34.28 |
$ 71,300 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
620 |
0.54 |
0.54 |
$ 33.98 |
$ 70,680 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1,850 |
0.76 |
0.76 |
$ 32.85 |
$ 68,320 |
| Ann Arbor, MI |
130 |
0.60 |
0.60 |
$ 32.14 |
$ 66,860 |
| Ames, IA |
40 |
0.93 |
0.93 |
$ 31.84 |
$ 66,220 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
1,130 |
0.86 |
0.86 |
$ 31.63 |
$ 65,790 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
850 |
1.16 |
1.16 |
$ 31.27 |
$ 65,030 |
| Santa Rosa, CA |
260 |
1.25 |
1.25 |
$ 31.22 |
$ 64,940 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Automotive Body and Related Repairers:
About May 2023 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: April 3, 2024
United States Department of Labor
