Jobs Similar to Automotive Body and Related Repairers
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to automotive body and related repairers, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Motorcycle Mechanics, Control and Valve Installers and Repairers and Refractory Materials Repairers.
Automotive Body and Related Repairers: $54,890 median pay · usual preparation: High school.
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
The 20 most similar careers
- 1Motorcycle Mechanics
81% similar · $48,580 (−11%) · Training or associate · Same group
- 2Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
80% similar · $74,340 (+35%) · Training or associate
- 3Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
79% similar · $61,290 (+12%) · High school
- 4Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
79% similar · $46,960 (−14%) · High school
- 5Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
79% similar · $53,710 (−2%) · High school
- 6Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
79% similar · $39,630 (−28%) · High school
- 7Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
79% similar · $62,620 (+14%) · High school
- 8Riggers
79% similar · $62,640 (+14%) · High school
- 9Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
78% similar · $42,660 (−22%) · High school
- 10Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
77% similar · $57,550 (+5%) · Training or associate · Same group
- 11Tire Repairers and Changers
77% similar · $37,710 (−31%) · High school · Same group
- 12Rail Car Repairers
77% similar · $67,530 (+23%) · High school · Same group
- 13Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
77% similar · $48,250 (−12%) · High school
- 14Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
77% similar · $49,880 (−9%) · High school
- 15Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
77% similar · $47,880 (−13%) · High school · Same group
- 16Helpers--Extraction Workers
77% similar · $47,730 (−13%) · High school
- 17Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation
77% similar · $92,100 (broader group) · High school
- 18Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
76% similar · $44,350 (−19%) · High school
- 19Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
76% similar · $46,330 (−16%) · High school
- 20Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
76% similar · $52,000 (−5%) · High school · Same group
Similarity: weighted correlation of O*NET 31.0 transferable skills (35%), knowledge (25%), work activities (15%) and interests (15%). Pay and schooling do not change it. Pay change compares BLS May 2025 national medians; careers with only a broader BLS group wage are not compared. “Same group”: the same BLS occupation group (SOC minor group). Methodology
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Only careers that usually need no more preparation than automotive body and related repairers.
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Jobs that can lead here
Careers where automotive body and related repairers is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (81)
- Tire Builders (80)
- Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers (79)
- Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons (79)
- Roustabouts, Oil and Gas (79)
- Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand (78)
- Riggers (77)
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters (77)
- Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation (77)
- Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (76)
Questions about jobs like automotive body and related repairers
What jobs are most similar to automotive body and related repairers?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Motorcycle Mechanics (81% similar), Control and Valve Installers and Repairers (80% similar), Refractory Materials Repairers (79% similar), Roustabouts (Oil and Gas) (79% similar) and Engine and Other Machine Assemblers (79% similar).
Which jobs like automotive body and related repairers pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Control and Valve Installers and Repairers ($74,340, +35%; usually training or an associate degree), Rail Car Repairers ($67,530, +23%; usually a high school diploma) and Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters ($62,620, +14%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with automotive body and related repairers ($54,890). Without more preparation than automotive body and related repairers usually need: Rail Car Repairers, Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters and Riggers.
How is the similarity percentage worked out?
We compare how important each transferable skill, knowledge area, work activity and interest area is in both jobs (O*NET 31.0 ratings) with a weighted correlation. 100% would mean the same profile. Unlike our career-change matches, pay and extra schooling do not lower the similarity on this page.