Collision Technician
Location
Northlake, IL
Posted on September 15, 2026
Location
Northlake, IL
Posted on September 15, 2026
Northlake Collision is seeking a Collision Technician responsible for identifying and performing necessary body repair work in accordance with factory and Collision Center specifications.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Illinois currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $26–$38/hr across 271 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
Northlake, IL currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 374 other active welding openings from 234 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Northlake, or widen the search to Illinois.
Hendrick Automotive Group currently has 1 other opening live in Illinois, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (15), Gerber Collision & Glass (14), and Staff on Site (13). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $36/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/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 Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.