How much do Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Percentile spread

For Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons, the published 10th percentile is $34,520 and the 90th percentile is $52,000. The difference is $17,480, which is 33.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $52,000 to the 75th at $52,000, covers $0.

The mean annual wage is $49,920, which sits below the median of $52,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ median is 28.5% higher than the national median of $40,470 for Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons. In 2024 national prices the local median is $46,196, which is 14.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the New York median of $52,000.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses New York, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $52,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons at $46,196 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 176 miles away, with a median of $39,080 and employment of 50. That median is 24.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,402, against $46,196 here.