Highest-paying Cities for Automotive Body and Related Repairers

The top 100 highest paying cities for automotive body and related repairers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of automotive body and related repairers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $73,440, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for automotive body and related repairers. It is followed by Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming (average annual salary $65,300). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of automotive body and related repairers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Automotive Body and Related Repairers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$73,440	$45,850	500
2	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$65,300	$33,590	40
3	Dalton, Georgia	$64,990	$35,040	40
4	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$63,820	$37,760	150
5	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$63,630	$33,410	1,620
6	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$63,140	$38,850	130
7	Napa, California	$62,300	$41,070	50
8	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$62,180	$38,620	810
9	Salinas, California	$61,980	$39,480	90
10	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$61,730	$40,120	190
11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$61,560	$46,180	1,690
12	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$61,320	$37,660	1,030
13	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$61,300	$35,150	2,040
14	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$61,050	$39,290	100
15	Stockton, California	$60,960	$37,940	290
16	Bloomington, Illinois	$60,570	$28,950	150
17	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$60,440	$36,560	230
18	Yuba City, California	$60,350	$37,840	30
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$60,260	$35,550	5,060
20	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$60,230	$29,050	700
21	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$60,210	$36,590	120
22	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$59,990	$37,750	80
23	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$59,520	$37,380	1,420
24	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$59,480	$35,780	210
25	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$59,370	$35,710	310
26	Fresno, California	$59,160	$36,510	270
27	Chico, California	$59,030	$36,800	70
28	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$58,820	$36,660	360
29	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$58,820	$24,710	180
30	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$58,810	$33,890	80
31	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$58,760	$38,650	30
32	Pueblo, Colorado	$58,690	$34,850	60
33	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$58,490	$31,410	90
34	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$58,460	$38,050	70
35	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$58,300	$31,030	140
36	Boulder, Colorado	$58,290	$37,230	100
37	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$58,240	$31,680	50
38	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$57,860	$35,030	550
39	Worcester, Massachusetts	$57,700	$34,090	260
40	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$57,410	$36,540	40
41	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$57,370	$40,130	150
42	Visalia-Porterville, California	$57,330	$36,670	100
43	Ocean City, New Jersey	$57,260	$35,790	50
44	Modesto, California	$57,240	$37,440	140
45	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$56,810	$34,520	900
46	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$56,710	$24,020	1,630
47	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$56,510	$31,690	70
48	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$56,360	$33,360	100
49	New Haven, Connecticut	$56,190	$37,650	300
50	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$55,750	$30,450	70
51	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$55,520	$31,610	850
52	Springfield, Massachusetts	$55,010	$30,290	290
53	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$54,940	$38,060	200
54	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$54,650	$36,610	520
55	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$54,610	$35,990	6,630
56	Lincoln, Nebraska	$54,600	$35,880	220
57	Framingham, Massachusetts	$54,310	$35,090	210
58	Bismarck, North Dakota	$54,080	$37,130	90
59	Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$53,830	$35,620	30
60	Redding, California	$53,280	$36,870	100
61	Camden, New Jersey	$53,280	$34,860	490
62	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$52,800	$37,440	170
63	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$52,570	$31,960	80
64	Merced, California	$52,480	$37,160	50
65	Brunswick, Georgia	$52,340	$30,840	40
66	Waterbury, Connecticut	$52,240	$35,700	130
67	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$52,210	$33,530	1,430
68	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$52,170	$34,000	40
69	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$52,130	$37,420	70
70	Kansas City, Missouri	$52,090	$36,920	1,370
71	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$52,090	$39,240	270
72	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$52,000	$35,670	100
73	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$51,930	$30,680	60
74	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$51,920	$29,250	1,110
75	Kingston, New York	$51,910	$35,360	70
76	Greeley, Colorado	$51,370	$35,170	90
77	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$51,370	$29,640	70
78	Ithaca, New York	$51,370	$30,820	30
79	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$51,300	$27,410	1,610
80	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$51,220	$38,170	100
81	Decatur, Illinois	$51,140	$28,130	50
82	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$50,950	$37,190	910
83	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$50,880	$32,760	160
84	St Louis, Missouri	$50,840	$34,530	1,450
85	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$50,820	$36,450	890
86	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$50,820	$37,080	570
87	Grand Junction, Colorado	$50,750	$32,410	70
88	Casper, Wyoming	$50,750	$27,460	50
89	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$50,730	$29,340	110
90	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$50,690	$34,850	60
91	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$50,680	$36,200	530
92	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$50,680	$30,810	40
93	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$50,650	$26,550	4,660
94	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$50,640	$36,790	220
95	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$50,540	$36,600	1,840
96	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$50,540	$37,150	500
97	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$50,510	$37,840	2,190
98	Medford, Oregon	$50,460	$37,160	70
99	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$50,340	$34,940	560
100	Appleton, Wisconsin	$50,140	$36,490	170

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for automotive body and related repairers.