Automotive Body and Related Repairers · SOC 49-3021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Automotive Body and Related Repairerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for automotive body and related repairers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 363 metro areas

Automotive Body and Related Repairers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Hinesville, GA	$81,790	30	1.5
2	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$78,060	260	1.3
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$76,800	610	0.5
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$76,740	2,680	1.1
5	Vallejo, CA	$73,890	160	1.1
6	Modesto, CA	$68,640	180	0.9
7	El Centro, CA	$68,410	50	0.7
8	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$67,790	80	0.6
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$67,090	4,270	0.7
10	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$66,340	130	0.7
11	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$64,980	60	0.8
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$64,590	1,340	0.6
13	Chico, CA	$64,420	40	0.5
14	St. Louis, MO-IL	$63,920	1,950	1.5
15	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$63,810	260	0.9
16	Fresno, CA	$63,670	310	0.7
17	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$63,360	120	0.6
18	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$63,080	660	1.7
19	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$63,020	940	0.9
20	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$62,640	1,010	0.7
21	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$62,610	100	1.0
22	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$62,550	2,130	1.1
23	Napa, CA	$62,430	40	0.5
24	Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	$62,380	170	1.6
25	Albany, OR	$62,210	40	0.7

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Automotive Body and Related Repairers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.