How much do Automotive Body and Related Repairers make in Chattanooga, TN-GA?

Percentile spread

For Automotive Body and Related Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $36,090 and the 90th percentile is $61,940. The difference is $25,850, which is 52.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $38,720 to the 75th at $51,690, covers $12,970.

The mean annual wage is $49,510, which sits below the median of $49,560. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chattanooga, TN-GA median is 9.7% lower than the national median of $54,890 for Automotive Body and Related Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $54,185, which is 1.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.4% higher than the Tennessee median of $47,460.

Chattanooga, TN-GA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Tennessee, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Chattanooga, TN-GA is 91.464, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $49,560 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Automotive Body and Related Repairers at $54,185 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Automotive Body and Related Repairers. Chattanooga, TN-GA ranks 13th of 28 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Dalton, GA is 33 miles away, with a median of $47,890 and employment of 50. That median is 3.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,304, against $54,185 here.
• Rome, GA is 55 miles away, with a median of $46,590 and employment of 30. That median is 6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,674, against $54,185 here.
• Gadsden, AL is 79 miles away, with a median of $44,760 and employment of 40. That median is 9.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,257, against $54,185 here.

Employment share

Automotive Body and Related Repairers accounts for 0.24% of wage-and-salary employment in Chattanooga, TN-GA (640 of 268,750). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (149,310 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.48 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.