Auto Body Technician
Location
Atlanta, GA
Wage
$65,000 – $174,600/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 28, 2026
Location
Atlanta, GA
Wage
$65,000 – $174,600/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 28, 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 emphasizes a People First approach to delivering superior collision repair service.
At roughly $58/hr, this posting sits about 92% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Atlanta, GA — toward the top of a $22–$41/hr middle band drawn from 35 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.
We're tracking 99 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 63 different employers. 33 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 217 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.
Crash Champions currently has 5 other openings live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (10), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (9), and JCB North America (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marietta at $42/hr, Forest Park at $36/hr, and Atlanta at $30/hr. Atlanta is among them.
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.