The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $60,480, California is the highest paying state for automotive body and related repairers. It is followed by Massachusetts (average annual salary $60,390). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $60,480 |
$36,830 | 13,060 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | $60,390 |
$33,990 | 2,740 |
| 3 | Colorado | $59,950 |
$33,410 | 2,770 |
| 4 | Connecticut | $54,650 |
$36,430 | 1,660 |
| 5 | Delaware | $54,490 |
$33,790 | 390 |
| 6 | New Jersey | $51,370 |
$32,370 | 3,660 |
| 7 | Rhode Island | $50,820 |
$39,190 | 790 |
| 8 | Nevada | $50,640 |
$36,790 | 880 |
| 9 | Missouri | $50,580 |
$34,480 | 3,150 |
| 10 | Nebraska | $50,460 |
$35,910 | 1,230 |
| 11 | North Dakota | $50,460 |
$32,080 | 600 |
| 12 | South Dakota | $49,920 |
$38,560 | 760 |
| 13 | Oregon | $49,700 |
$36,030 | 1,440 |
| 14 | Vermont | $49,690 |
$37,160 | 340 |
| 15 | Iowa | $48,920 |
$36,000 | 1,990 |
| 16 | Washington | $48,620 |
$37,970 | 2,490 |
| 17 | Virginia | $48,610 |
$36,070 | 3,190 |
| 18 | Minnesota | $48,600 |
$34,160 | 2,940 |
| 19 | Arizona | $48,520 |
$32,570 | 2,550 |
| 20 | Louisiana | $48,370 |
$28,590 | 1,850 |
| 21 | Alaska | $48,280 |
$36,400 | 250 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | $48,100 |
$31,860 | 2,710 |
| 23 | Wyoming | $47,990 |
$26,750 | 290 |
| 24 | New York | $47,800 |
$36,340 | 6,700 |
| 25 | Georgia | $47,750 |
$32,190 | 4,390 |
| 26 | Idaho | $47,620 |
$29,120 | 640 |
| 27 | Alabama | $47,520 |
$28,650 | 1,850 |
| 28 | New Hampshire | $47,490 |
$30,600 | 650 |
| 29 | Pennsylvania | $47,400 |
$33,490 | 6,090 |
| 30 | Indiana | $47,140 |
$35,070 | 4,360 |
| 31 | Illinois | $46,890 |
$30,140 | 5,840 |
| 32 | Montana | $46,840 |
$31,080 | 590 |
| 33 | North Carolina | $46,490 |
$31,090 | 5,520 |
| 34 | Kansas | $46,460 |
$29,750 | 1,650 |
| 35 | Texas | $46,270 |
$29,910 | 12,760 |
| 36 | Michigan | $46,090 |
$33,020 | 4,770 |
| 37 | Maryland | $45,990 |
$35,810 | 2,240 |
| 38 | Kentucky | $45,970 |
$28,470 | 1,280 |
| 39 | New Mexico | $45,850 |
$29,010 | 730 |
| 40 | Tennessee | $45,780 |
$31,040 | 3,130 |
| 41 | South Carolina | $45,720 |
$29,490 | 1,960 |
| 42 | Florida | $45,470 |
$31,450 | 7,880 |
| 43 | Utah | $45,310 |
$29,230 | 1,440 |
| 44 | District of Columbia | $45,290 |
$31,280 | 40 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | $45,200 |
$29,440 | 1,990 |
| 46 | Hawaii | $45,120 |
$24,720 | 510 |
| 47 | Maine | $44,970 |
$33,790 | 640 |
| 48 | Ohio | $44,950 |
$31,680 | 6,290 |
| 49 | West Virginia | $43,700 |
$29,120 | 700 |
| 50 | Mississippi | $43,030 |
$27,910 | 1,230 |
| 51 | Arkansas | $42,240 |
$26,680 | 1,140 |
| 52 | Guam | $26,350 |
$17,970 | 40 |
| 53 | Puerto Rico | $19,020 |
$17,680 | 440 |