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Job Description

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.
  • Restore vehicles to pre-accident condition.
  • Work closely with estimators, painters, and parts teams.
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How this job compares in Charleston, SC

Pay in context

At roughly $34/hr, this posting sits about 22% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across South Carolina — toward the top of a $24–$36/hr middle band drawn from 56 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 61% 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 Charleston, SC

Charleston, SC is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across South Carolina as a whole we're tracking 101 other active welding openings from 76 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across South Carolina.

Classic Collision currently has 2 other openings live in South Carolina, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in South Carolina at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (6), Vertiv (4), and GE Vernova (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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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.