Collision Repair Vehicle Painter
Location
Montebello, CA
Wage
$29/hr
Posted on October 8, 2026
Location
Montebello, CA
Wage
$29/hr
Posted on October 8, 2026
As a Collision Repair Specialist - Painter with Penske, you will perform diagnostic procedures and truck and trailer collision repairs, along with some major suspension, electrical, painting, and welding repairs under supervision. Penske offers a supportive team culture and opportunities for career advancement with access to leading technology and training.
At roughly $29/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $35/hr median for welding jobs across California, where the middle half runs $28–$50/hr across 420 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 27% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Montebello, CA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across California as a whole we're tracking 544 other active welding openings from 251 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.
The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (36), Relativity Space (21), and Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Redondo Beach at $65/hr, Pasadena at $61/hr, and Santa Ana at $48/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Collision Repair Vehicle Painter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.