Automotive Body and Related Repairers
SOC 49-3021 · 2024-2034
Repair and refinish automotive vehicle bodies and straighten vehicle frames.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $68,750per year
- Projected openings
- 13,490
- Projected change
- +3.2%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Operations Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Speaking
- Time Management
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $78,727 | 550 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $73,222 | 230 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $67,819 | 790 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $67,818 | 1,320 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $66,414 | 150 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $65,787 | 40 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $65,510 | 80 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $65,253 | 70 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $65,253 | 80 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $64,935 | 210 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $64,565 | 230 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $64,442 | 1,360 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $64,319 | 50 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $64,228 | 1,120 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $64,165 | 50 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $64,165 | 170 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $64,134 | 110 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $64,000 | 20 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $63,908 | 1,040 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $63,788 | 2,990 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $63,456 | 40 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $63,435 | 1,000 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $63,384 | 90 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $63,312 | 200 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $62,943 | 90 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $62,491 | 40 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $60,899 | 120 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $60,088 | 340 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $60,046 | 80 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $58,362 | 80 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 120 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics | $66,817 | 66,070 | +4.1% |
| Engine and Other Machine Assemblers | $47,878 | 960 | -16.7% |
| Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers | $65,092 | 2,580 | -13.3% |
| Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand | $45,464 | 1,100 | -26.3% |
| Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers | $49,059 | 1,680 | +4.2% |
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