Auto Body Technician
Location
Sandy Springs, GA
Wage
$65,000 – $172,440/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 2, 2026
Location
Sandy Springs, GA
Wage
$65,000 – $172,440/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 2, 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 in 38 states. The company emphasizes a People First philosophy in delivering superior collision repair service.
At roughly $57/hr, this posting sits about 104% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $22–$36/hr middle band drawn from 135 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 96% 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.
Sandy Springs, GA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 361 other active welding openings from 212 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across 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 (12), 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 $31/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.