How much do Automotive Body and Related Repairers make in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN?

Percentile spread

For Automotive Body and Related Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $30,590 and the 90th percentile is $83,780. The difference is $53,190, which is 100.3% 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 $39,540 to the 75th at $64,920, covers $25,380.

The mean annual wage is $57,380, which sits above the median of $53,030. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN median is 3.4% lower than the national median of $54,890 for Automotive Body and Related Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $56,976, which is 3.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.1% higher than the Kentucky median of $46,080.

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Kentucky, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 93.074, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $53,030 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Automotive Body and Related Repairers at $56,976 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

24 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Automotive Body and Related Repairers. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ranks 6th of 25 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).).

• Elizabethtown, KY is 41 miles away, with a median of $49,880 and employment of 50. That median is 5.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,072, against $56,976 here.
• Columbus, IN is 69 miles away, with a median of $57,000 and employment of 50. That median is 7.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,288, against $56,976 here.
• Lexington-Fayette, KY is 69 miles away, with a median of $46,170 and employment of 200. That median is 12.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,704, against $56,976 here.

Employment share

Automotive Body and Related Repairers accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN (650 of 685,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (149,310 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.99 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.