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Overview

Classic Collision is seeking an experienced Auto Body Technician to join our fast-paced, customer-focused repair team. In this role, you will perform structural and non-structural collision repairs, panel replacement, bodywork, and fit/finish to manufacturer and insurance standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform structural and non-structural collision repairs.
  • Conduct panel replacement and bodywork.
  • Ensure fit/finish to manufacturer and insurance standards.
  • Use frame machines, welders, and measuring systems to restore vehicles.
  • Work closely with estimators, painters, and parts teams.
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How this job compares in Virginia Beach, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Virginia — toward the top of a $25–$34/hr middle band drawn from 98 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 76% 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.

The local market in Virginia Beach, VA

We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Virginia Beach, VA right now, from 10 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 159 other active welding openings from 96 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Virginia Beach, or widen the search to Virginia.

Classic Collision currently has 3 other openings live in Virginia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Colonna's Shipyard (8), Mission Technologies, a division of HII (7), and Newport News Shipbuilding, A Division of HII (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $38/hr, Norfolk at $32/hr, and Richmond at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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.