Our comparison of average steel body and structural labor rates to cosmetic aluminum and structural rates shows wide variations by Metropolitan Statistical Area.
As collision repair facilities have invested in aluminum repair capabilities, by far one of the most common questions we get from readers on both the repair and insurance side of the industry, is how aluminum labor rates compare to steel and how they vary across the U.S.
A key challenge for repairers is that estimating systems have been challenged by the proliferation in materials and the need to charge and track for multiple rates based upon those
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