Collision Tech Pay Tool

Collision Technician Pay Calculator

Build a fair flat-rate, hourly, or salary number from a tech's experience, skill level, certifications, and your state's labor rate.

Technician Profile

Flag (billed) hours, not clock hours. Drives weekly earnings. Every full 20 hrs over 80 adds +1% to the flat-rate percentage, up to the 41% maximum.

Location & Certifications

Pre-loaded with estimated average insurer-paid body labor rates (Labor Rate Hero style). Edit the rate below if you have a more accurate number.
I-CAR trained / Gold Class individual
Hourly techs carry no production risk. The rate sits this far below the flat-rate equivalent at the 80-flag-hour anchor; above 80, hourly rises only $1.50/hr per extra 20 flag hours instead of scaling up like flat rate.

Flat-Rate Percentage

30.0%
of labor rate (flat rate)
$15.00 per flag hour
Baseline range is 24%–40% of the labor rate, driven by technician level and certifications. High output then adds +1% for every full 20 flag hours over 80, lifting a tech to the 41% maximum.

Recommended Pay

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How the numbers are calculated