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Automotive Body and Related Repairers pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and Hinesville, GA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Automotive Body and Related Repairers is $55,790 per year in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. It is $81,790 per year in Hinesville, GA. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 31.8% below Hinesville, GA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-3021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 1,850 wage and salary jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and 30 in Hinesville, GA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.