Auto Body Technician Salary Canada

Average Canadian Motor Vehicle Body Repairer's Salary :: Motor Vehicle Body Repairers' Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Motor Vehicle Body Repairers. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 7322.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: motor vehicle body repairer, automotive body mechanic, used car renovator, dent remover and repairer and collision repair technician.

The pay information below has been split into rough bands as follows:

• Low pay: The bottom 10 percent of workers earn this.
• High pay: The top 10 percent of workers earn this.
• Average pay: The average wage in this sector after removing the bottom 10 percent and the top 10 percent of workers. Average pay is then calculated on the remaining 80 percent of workers' wages.

According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average wages are earned in Edmonton, Alberta at $24.02 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Montreal, Quebec at $14 per hour.

A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $35,000 - $45,000.

The largest sector of employment for motor vehicle body repairers is other services (excluding public administration). The average weekly earnings for the other services (excluding public administration) sector as a whole were $724.97 in January 2012, an increase of 1.4% on the previous year. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in this sector for January 2012 were $20.13.

Average Hourly Wages for
Motor Vehicle Body Repairers in Canada