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Pay: The average pay of an automotive body repairer in the Seattle area is $17.07 an hour, with most making from $14.88 to $18.96 an hour, according to PayScale, a Seattle company that tracks compensation and benefits.
Demand: Employment of automotive body repairers is expected to grow as fast as average for all occupations in the coming years. The need to replace experienced repairers who transfer to other occupations or who retire or stop working for other reasons will account for most job openings. Opportunities will be best for persons with formal training in automotive body repair and refinishing. Those without formal training in automotive body refinishing or collision repair will face competition for these jobs. Experienced body repairers are rarely laid off during a general slowdown in the economy.
Need to know: To become a fully skilled automotive body repairer, formal training followed by on-the-job instruction is recommended because repair of newer automobiles requires more advanced skills to fix their new technologies and new body materials. Repairers need good reading ability and basic mathematics and computer skills in order to follow instructions and diagrams in print and computer-based technical manuals.
PayScale, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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