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Automotive
Auto body repairer
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Key facts
+3.7%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +3.7% (BLS).
The job
Repairs and repaints the bodywork of damaged vehicles.
57 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- boiler constructor
- boiler fabricator
- boiler fitter
- boiler mender
- boiler repairer
- boiler repiper
- boiler retuber
- Boiler smith
- boilermaker
- boilermaker fitter
- brass fabricator
- brass worker
- brazer
- construction fabricator
- container equipment assembler
- container equipment assembly line inspector
- container equipment assembly line machine tender
- container equipment assembly line operative
- container equipment assembly line operator
- container equipment assembly line worker
- container equipment assembly worker
- container equipment bench precision assembler
- container equipment electronic assembler
- container equipment final assembler
- container equipment machine assembler
- container equipment machine assembly worker
- container equipment manufacturing assembler
- container equipment mechanical assembler
- container equipment sub assembler
- copper artist
- copper craftsman
- copper craftswoman
- copper craftworker
- copper fabricator
- copper worker
- coppersmith
- coppersmith brazer
- decorative coppersmith
- duct fabricator
- fabricator/welder
- metalworker
- non-ferrous metal worker
- pipe fabricator
- pipefitter
- plater
- pressure vessel fabricator
- pressure vessel maker
- pressure vessel mender
- pressure vessel repairer
- redsmith
- roofing fabricator
- sheet metal fabricator
- sheet metal worker
- sheet-metal worker
- steam boilermaker
- steel fabricator,
- welder boilermaker
Training
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureLowBLS AI exposure category "low" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookStableBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Automotive body and related repairers)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayAverageBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $54,890
EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.