Painters, Construction and Maintenance
United States. Estimated employment 225,190, with pages for 13 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 47-2141
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$49,400 · 50th
$37,44010th
$44,64025th
$49,40050th
$61,66075th
$78,81090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Painters, Construction and Maintenance page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco, CA | $63,600 | 5,310 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $62,790 | 730 |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $62,400 | 230 |
| Vallejo, CA | $62,370 | 410 |
| San Jose, CA | $61,970 | 2,410 |
| New York, NY | $61,420 | 11,930 |
| Napa, CA | $61,400 | 270 |
| Salinas, CA | $60,860 | 520 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $59,080 | 12,100 |
| Buffalo, NY | $53,340 | 750 |
| Binghamton, NY | $53,190 | 100 |
| Albany, NY | $51,650 | 480 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $50,420 | 310 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 225,190 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 47-2141, Painters, Construction and Maintenance. Mapped to our taxonomy as painters-construction-and-maintenance.
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