The latest government statistics show the number of people employed as auto body repairers last year grew at the fastest rate since 2011. Wages also up.
With the independent collision repair facility population projected to be on the increase, it’s to be expected that the number of body repairers would likely rise. The latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released Wednesday show that the number of people employed in May 2015 as auto body repairers grew to 143,400 across the country. That figure is 5,900, or 4.3 percent higher, than the 137,140 employed as body repairers
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