Auto Body Technician
Location
Irving, TX
Wage
$65,000 – $178,920/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 29, 2026
Location
Irving, TX
Wage
$65,000 – $178,920/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on October 29, 2026
Crash Champions is a rapidly growing brand in the collision repair industry, operating over 650 locations across the U.S. The company emphasizes a People First approach to delivering high-quality repair services.
At roughly $59/hr, this posting sits about 89% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $25–$38/hr middle band drawn from 348 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 95% 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 20 other active welding openings in Irving, TX right now, from 16 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,149 other active welding openings from 516 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Irving, or widen the search to Texas.
Crash Champions currently has 14 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (34), Zachry Group (28), and Worley (19). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Arlington at $39/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Pasadena at $36/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.