Collision Estimator Salary & Pay DataClosest available BLS figures: insurance appraisers, auto damage
BLS OEWS May 2025 · Closest available occupation: SOC 13-1032 Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
Closest available: BLS has no body shop estimator occupation.
This is insurance appraisers, auto damage (13-1032), who mostly work for insurers rather than shops.
The figure shown is the median for all insurance appraisers, auto damage (SOC 13-1032): $78,240 a year ($37.61 an hour) in May 2025.
It is a labelled benchmark, not collision estimator pay.
Annual figures are BLS hourly wages × 2,080 hours. OEWS covers wage-and-salary workers only, so it leaves out shop owners, the self-employed (including technicians paid as 1099 contractors), overtime pay and most bonuses.
What the BLS figure covers
These are BLS figures for every worker in SOC 13-1032 Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage, the closest available occupation, shown only as a benchmark.
BLS publishes no separate series or percentiles for collision estimators, so this page does not show a percentile table for the role.