You should expect about $7.00 an hour. $12.00 an hour in about two years--but it may require you to change jobs to get that big a raise.
A professional (2-5 years of experience) might make $15.00 an hour.
Local factors, and your personal skill, and the effort you put into it will also factor into the equation--but that's a pretty good idea.
Accept minimum wage if they offer it, but tell them that you expect to have a quarterly review. If you're up to their requirements in three months, tell them that you'll expect a significant increase at that time. Before getting hired is the best time to negotiate not only your starting rate, but the steps you have to accomplish to get increases. (Hiring managers call them ';performance goals.';)
Most small body shops don't keep employees very long--the turn-over is high--because business can suddenly get slow, and a small shop lets everyone but the boss go at times. Be sure to negotiate what happens when a business slow-down occurs. For instance, do they have a savings match program (like a 401(k), or an IRA.) They won't, but you should ask anyway. Do you get benefits (health insurance?) Do they provide you adequate breathing masks and other health aids? Uniforms? A parking space?
Ask everything up-front. Once hired, it is hard to make changes to whatever arrangement you've accepted.How much does a person earn in a paint and body shop?
Oh man I work at a dealership and I can't even walk through the paint shop without getting high off those fumes... I can't imagine working in there all day.... not healthy, man...
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