Auto Body Technician
Location
Monterey Park, CA
Wage
$69,745 – $180,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 16, 2026
Location
Monterey Park, CA
Wage
$69,745 – $180,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 16, 2026
Crash Champions is the largest founder-led multi-shop operator of high-quality collision repair service in the U.S., operating over 650 locations across 38 states. The company focuses on delivering superior collision repair service with a People First philosophy.
At roughly $60/hr, this posting sits about 72% above the $35/hr median for welding jobs across California — toward the top of a $28–$44/hr middle band drawn from 478 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 86% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Monterey Park, 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 623 other active welding openings from 288 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.
Crash Champions currently has 4 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Vast (22), and Relativity Space (20). 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 $71/hr, Long Beach at $54/hr, and Torrance at $43/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. Auto Body Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.