Automotive Body Repair Technician pay range
State of Washington · class code 618Q
- Class code
- 618Q
- Salary range
- 44G
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Automotive Body Repair Technician is $55,596 to $64,512 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 618Q.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Step progression
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) assigns this class to salary range 44G in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 7 steps, and this class starts at step G rather than at the bottom of the range; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 |
| Monthly | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 |
| Hourly | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 |
Steps as published. The monthly and hourly rows are the state's own, not conversions of the annual row.
Class specification
The OFM classified job specification for this class is published by Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications.
What the state says the job is
Performs skilled body and fender repair work.
Examples of the work
Repairs, removes, fabricates, and installs automotive bodies, fenders, hoods, panels, radiator grills, bumpers, gasoline tanks, doors, window frames, channels, and locks; Guts, rolls, fits, assembles, and welds metal shapes, angels, and forms; shrinks and expands metal sheets and shapes by heating and cold application; files and sands welds and small imperfections; Operates acetylene and arc welding equipment; power, foot, and hand shears; hand brake; drill press; power punch; portable and bench buffers, grinders, and sanders; pneumatic hammers; and electric drills; Uses hydraulic jacks, hoists, and cranes to lift, push, or pull bodies into shape; solders, brazes, and spot welds; applies and ...
Minimum qualifications
Journey level standing as an Automobile Body Repair Technician as attested by: Certificate of completion of a recognized auto body repair apprenticeship. OR Four years of experience in state service as a helper to a journey level Automobile Body Repair Technician. OR Four years of experience in a registered or industry recognized auto body shop performing all phases of auto body collision, preparation and finish repair.
Quoted from the OFM classified job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) publishes this figure in Classified Job Listing joined to the OFM salary schedules effective July 1, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The dollar figures come from the salary schedule the listing assigns this range to.