beta
Write my resume

Pay · 47-2141

Painters, Construction and Maintenance earn $49,400 a year at the midpoint

Starting pay is close to the middle here: the 25th percentile is $44,640 against a median of $49,400, so the first years are not a long climb.

Write my resume for this job →

$49,400median a year · United States
$23.75an hour $55,420average 225,190people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$44,64025th $49,400median $61,66075th
$37,44010th percentile $78,81090th percentile
$44,640a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$68,220best-paying state · Hawaii
$40,090lowest-paying state · Arkansas
+38%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

A short climbThe 25th percentile, $44,640, is within 10% of the median.
State matters a lotThe same job pays $68,220 in Hawaii and $40,090 in Arkansas — a gap of $28,130 a year.

Construction and maintenance painter earnings, from starting pay to the best-paid 10%

Pick the job, where you work and how long you have done it. The range comes from the published wage percentiles for that job.

Experience
Name this figure
When they ask “What are your salary expectations?”

An estimate from survey percentiles, not an offer. Employer, industry, shift and credentials move pay within and beyond this range. Full wage page for this job →

Examples

Resumes written for this kind of job.

Real sheets, filled in end to end — for this job and the ones beside it.

All templates →

  • Painter Resume Template Construction & Extraction
  • Wallpaper Installer Resume Template Construction & Extraction
  • Mechanical Insulator Resume Template Construction & Extraction
  • Insulation Installer Resume Template Construction & Extraction
  • Pipelayer Resume Template Construction & Extraction
  • Plumber Resume Template Construction & Extraction
  • Glazier Resume Template Construction & Extraction
  • Plasterer Resume Template Construction & Extraction
  • Electrician Resume Template Construction & Extraction
  • Rebar Worker Resume Template Construction & Extraction
  • Roofer Resume Template Construction & Extraction
  • Taper Resume Template Construction & Extraction

Construction and maintenance painter pay rate, hourly to annual

Starts at this job’s median. Change the rate or the hours; a full-time year is 40 hours for 52 weeks.

$49,400a year

Place 536 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 32% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 534 Information and Record Clerks, All Other $49,500
  2. 535 Hazardous Materials Removal Workers $49,450
  3. 536 Painters, Construction and Maintenance $49,400
  4. 537 Word Processors and Typists $49,280
  5. 538 Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks $49,230

A resume for painters, construction and maintenance

Name the job in the builder and the duties, skills and credentials it is screened on are written in for you.

Turtle Creek Software GoldensealOn Center Quick BidInsight Direct ServiceCEOMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft ExcelCorel PainterEvergreen Technology Eagle Bid Estimating
  • Covered surfaces with dropcloths or masking tape and paper to protect surfaces during painting.
  • Read work orders or received instructions from supervisors or homeowners to determine work requirements.
  • Applied paint, stain, varnish, enamel, or other finishes to equipment, buildings, bridges, or other structures, using brushes, spray guns, or rollers.

Write my resume →

This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. The owner of tiersi.com has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.

Related work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Painters, Construction and Maintenance$49,400
Pile Driver Operators$73,300+$23,900 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters$63,800+$14,400 Electricians$63,190+$13,790 Carpenters$60,580+$11,180 Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$59,850+$10,450 Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers$58,970+$9,570

Construction and maintenance painter wages in each state

Across 51 states the median ranges by 1.70 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Hawaii $68,220 $47,090 $47,090 — $90,830 1,900
Illinois $61,260 $40,820 $40,820 — $105,350 6,820
Alaska $60,980 $43,880 $43,880 — $85,440 440
Washington $59,650 $45,450 $45,450 — $80,330 9,510
New York $59,570 $45,660 $45,660 — $111,550 13,040
District of Columbia $59,520 $46,780 $46,780 — $81,390 500
Maine $59,270 $47,320 $47,320 — $75,530 2,120
New Jersey $59,250 $37,680 $37,680 — $95,950 4,110
California $59,020 $42,130 $42,130 — $91,000 38,430
Delaware $58,530 $35,070 $35,070 — $70,350 480
Connecticut $58,480 $40,120 $40,120 — $92,390 2,230
Montana $58,290 $35,160 $35,160 — $69,510 920
Massachusetts $57,510 $43,520 $43,520 — $109,850 4,430
Missouri $57,510 $39,150 $39,150 — $79,600 3,980
Minnesota $57,270 $36,460 $36,460 — $87,970 3,810
Nevada $56,390 $41,430 $41,430 — $98,190 4,120
North Dakota $54,870 $36,840 $36,840 — $78,290 420
Vermont $53,120 $48,060 $48,060 — $64,000 550
Colorado $52,970 $40,570 $40,570 — $77,710 3,480
Pennsylvania $52,120 $37,250 $37,250 — $72,230 5,980
Michigan $50,650 $37,440 $37,440 — $75,670 4,920
Indiana $50,260 $36,410 $36,410 — $69,520 3,510
Wisconsin $50,090 $37,870 $37,870 — $75,040 3,350
Iowa $49,710 $37,080 $37,080 — $67,010 1,770
New Hampshire $49,670 $40,830 $40,830 — $63,530 910
Ohio $49,450 $37,060 $37,060 — $74,400 5,600
Maryland $49,120 $40,560 $40,560 — $78,050 3,750
Oregon $48,900 $38,260 $38,260 — $73,560 5,410
Georgia $48,340 $36,690 $36,690 — $68,060 2,760
Arizona $48,250 $40,180 $40,180 — $63,640 5,210
South Dakota $48,160 $35,900 $35,900 — $59,560 670
Kentucky $48,110 $35,900 $35,900 — $64,720 1,390
Florida $47,530 $36,700 $36,700 — $61,300 22,450
Virginia $47,470 $36,400 $36,400 — $63,310 5,930
Nebraska $47,280 $33,410 $33,410 — $57,990 1,590
Wyoming $47,220 $31,360 $31,360 — $62,580 480
Louisiana $46,410 $32,000 $32,000 — $59,330 4,090
New Mexico $46,240 $37,760 $37,760 — $70,560 1,010
Utah $46,050 $36,220 $36,220 — $65,780 3,510
Kansas $45,510 $33,780 $33,780 — $58,510 1,570
Texas $45,460 $35,870 $35,870 — $58,910 18,330
Oklahoma $44,900 $30,650 $30,650 — $67,410 1,880
Idaho $44,880 $34,390 $34,390 — $60,890 2,040
Mississippi $44,800 $34,530 $34,530 — $64,720 1,060
West Virginia $44,230 $29,200 $29,200 — $63,640 720
North Carolina $44,110 $33,410 $33,410 — $58,300 5,220
Alabama $43,930 $34,190 $34,190 — $57,490 1,570
Tennessee $43,230 $35,110 $35,110 — $61,030 3,040
Rhode Island $41,590 $31,200 $31,200 — $64,410 1,160
South Carolina $40,840 $27,240 $27,240 — $57,520 2,080
Arkansas $40,090 $31,150 $31,150 — $54,610 890

What people often ask

What is a construction and maintenance painter’s yearly income?

A construction and maintenance painter makes a median of $49,400 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $44,640 and $61,660.

What is a construction and maintenance painter’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $23.75 an hour; the average is $55,420 a year.

What is the starting pay for a construction and maintenance painter?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $44,640 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $37,440.

Which state pays painters, construction and maintenance the most?

Hawaii, with a median of $68,220 a year.

How many people work as painters, construction and maintenance?

About 225,190 in the United States — number 536 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays nearly the same

Median pay within $230 of what painters, construction and maintenance earn — $49,400 a year — but not always the same spread.

See all 788 occupations