Auto body & paint in Illinois 1,450 establishments · 10,221 employees · 2024
Firms (IL)
1,450
Employment
10,221
Avg Annual Pay
$65,580
State Rank
#6 of 52
How Illinois compares to national
Metric
Illinois
National
Illinois vs. U.S.
Establishments
1,450
35,605
4.1% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$65,580
$67,509
-$1,929 (-2.9%)
Location quotient
1.24
1.00
24% denser than national
Avg firm size (employees)
7.0
7.2
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Year-over-year firm growth
+0.4%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 1.24 means auto body & paint are 24% over-represented in Illinois's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 811121. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json