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Any autobody techs in here?

Curious to what the going rate is on wages these days.  Anyone?
1987 TC

Any autobody techs in here?

Reply #1 –
50-52 in my area--irv

Any autobody techs in here?

Reply #2 –
Would depend on how good you are. It's a specialty kind of work.
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +

Any autobody techs in here?

Reply #3 –
I think it's about 75/hr here
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Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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Any autobody techs in here?

Reply #4 –
Lol, Jerry.... shop rate? or hourly wage?
1987 TC

Any autobody techs in here?

Reply #5 –
hourly shop rate.
You don't even want to know what I charge for building.
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
Join us on Facebook
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Any autobody techs in here?

Reply #6 –
I think he wants to know what the average yearly income is of an employed autobody tech. Just my opinion.
...and there was light!

Any autobody techs in here?

Reply #7 –
I have a college degree in it, but never used it afterward.  Just trying to figure my options.
1987 TC

Any autobody techs in here?

Reply #8 –
thinking $25 per hr starting
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
Join us on Facebook
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Any autobody techs in here?

Reply #9 –
All of the shops I have worked at, the pay is kinda of commissioned based.
 
Yea the company might agree to pay you however much per hour, but that is just a small reflection of the payscale. With ever vehicle repair you are given a certain amount of time to complete the repair. And that is all you get paid for(whatever the estimate was).

So in other words if the shop foreman says the repair should take five hours you get paid for five hours no matter how long (or quickly) it actually takes you.

So if your good at body work and are quick at it and good at multitasking you can make good money, but if you are slow then your going to starve.

Make sense? Hope this helps some. These are just my opinions from my experience.

You should defiantly look at the shops turn over rate, if they can't keep techs there is probably a good reason for it. Either they don't have enough customers going through the shop or the foreman quotes unreasonable estimates that the techs just can't keep up with.
...and there was light!

Any autobody techs in here?

Reply #10 –
It depends on where you live....more people= more wrecks= more work for the shop= the more the techs get paid

Any autobody techs in here?

Reply #11 –
Quote from: wnt2gofst2;313312
It depends on where you live....more people= more wrecks= more work for the shop= the more the techs get paid


Where they're more paid, is where I might go.
1987 TC