Collision Repair Technician Salary: United States

What do these published wages mean for an offer?

Skilled Trades Headhunters reads the May 2025 figures for Collision Repair Technician in National as an offer reference, not a quote for a particular candidate. For Collision Repair Technician in National, the published median for SOC 49-3021, Automotive Body and Related Repairers, is $54,890 per year. The middle half of the Collision Repair Technician in National wage distribution runs from $45,750 to $69,200, a width of $23,450 per year; that spread shows how much published pay varies within the occupation and area, without assigning experience levels.

For the national Collision Repair Technician comparison, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ reports $57,920 per year while Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN reports $52,040 per year; these are the largest-employment metros with published medians for the occupation, rather than neighboring places to a national estimate. The United States Collision Repair Technician figure pools markets with different work scopes and schedules, so use the area table before setting a local offer.

The highest published medians among the selected national industry rows for Automotive Body and Related Repairers, read alongside Collision Repair Technician in National, are Motor Vehicle Manufacturing at $76,250 per year (NAICS 336100); Manufacturing at $64,920 per year (NAICS 31-33); Transportation Equipment Manufacturing at $64,920 per year (NAICS 336000). Those Collision Repair Technician in National industry comparisons are national cross-sections, not local industry estimates; BLS does not give us a metro-by-industry wage cut here, and overlapping industry groups should not be added together.

The Collision Repair Technician in National median was $51,680 per year in May 2024, compared with $54,890 in May 2025, a published difference of $3,210. That Collision Repair Technician in National comparison is between separate BLS releases, not the raise paid to the same workers or a projection of next year's offer. Read the $51,680 and $54,890 Collision Repair Technician in National estimates with both dates visible, because the employers and workers represented by the survey can change.

Before offering $54,890 per year for Collision Repair Technician in National, separate flat-rate hours, diagnostic work and paid comeback work before deciding what the paycheck would look like; tool allowances and benefits need separate terms. The Collision Repair Technician in National BLS comparison includes ordinary wages and qualifying incentive pay, but leaves overtime, discretionary bonuses, benefits and relocation outside this wage figure. A candidate's take-home pay and the employer's total cost for Collision Repair Technician in National can therefore differ from the median without either number being an error.

The mapping for Collision Repair Technician in National is broader: BLS groups Collision Repair Technician within Automotive Body and Related Repairers; it does not publish this niche title or credential level separately. When calibrating a Collision Repair Technician in National opening, the work checks include I-CAR Platinum or ProLevel; OEM collision network experience; ask for evidence of that scope instead of using a percentile as a substitute for qualification. A broader occupation can combine jobs that a Collision Repair Technician in National buyer would screen separately, which is why the badge and SOC remain beside the figures.

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