Salary by Metro

SOC 47-2141 · Construction and Extraction Occupations

Painters, Construction and Maintenance wages by metro

National median annual wage

$49,400

10th percentile
$37,440
25th percentile
$44,640
Median
$49,400
75th percentile
$61,660
90th percentile
$78,810
Mean
$55,420

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

National employment in May 2025: 225,190.

That median is 3.1% lower than the all-occupations national median of $50,980.

The metro and state figures below are the same May 2025 release. A blank wage means BLS did not publish it. See when a wage is not published.

Two cooks working in a commercial kitchen in 1930
Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Highest published medians

Metros with the highest published annual medians for Painters, Construction and Maintenance.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
Champaign-Urbana, IL160$42,210$84,370$95,590
Kahului-Wailuku, HI180$50,950$73,650$99,600
Rockford, IL130$42,220$72,700$98,740
Urban Honolulu, HI1,390$46,770$66,160$90,270
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA810$49,450$65,080$92,330
Peoria, IL110$39,370$64,450$94,150
Bay City, MI60$38,220$64,200$71,040
Springfield, IL110$42,330$63,930$98,290
Hanford-Corcoran, CA40$38,060$63,800$82,870
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA5,310$48,060$63,600$100,550
Saginaw, MI130$38,980$63,360$72,260
Portland-South Portland, ME1,550$49,450$63,120$75,530
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA730$47,070$62,790$94,970
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA230$42,680$62,400$80,560
Vallejo, CA410$47,960$62,370$99,170
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA2,410$48,700$61,970$96,690
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN5,480$44,560$61,740$109,820
Albany, GA70$36,630$61,530$75,670
Anniston-Oxford, AL70$42,640$61,480$64,400
Fairbanks-College, AK50$44,580$61,420$87,730

Where employment is largest

Metros with the most Painters, Construction and Maintenance jobs in the May 2025 tables.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA12,100$42,130$59,080$85,130
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ11,930$45,400$61,420$111,550
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL6,210$37,830$48,490$65,630
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN5,480$44,560$61,740$109,820
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA5,310$48,060$63,600$100,550
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA5,140$47,400$60,440$79,280
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX4,970$37,460$46,140$58,390
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX4,570$36,300$45,550$60,370
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV4,380$41,600$50,560$74,040
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA4,040$44,370$55,970$83,530
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ3,920$40,780$48,860$64,610
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA3,750$38,050$48,910$82,330
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA3,540$38,990$53,280$73,860
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD3,360$37,520$57,410$76,960
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH3,220$45,650$57,820$109,840
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL3,080$36,870$47,570$58,870
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV3,030$41,430$57,360$101,090
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL2,840$35,240$45,210$61,150
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI2,710$37,240$60,850$92,990
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA2,410$42,110$59,510$93,550

States and territories

State estimates for Painters, Construction and Maintenance, May 2025.
OccupationEmployment10thMedian90th
Hawaii1,900$47,090$68,220$90,830
Illinois6,820$40,820$61,260$105,350
Alaska440$43,880$60,980$85,440
Washington9,510$45,450$59,650$80,330
New York13,040$45,660$59,570$111,550
District of Columbia500$46,780$59,520$81,390
Maine2,120$47,320$59,270$75,530
New Jersey4,110$37,680$59,250$95,950
California38,430$42,130$59,020$91,000
Delaware480$35,070$58,530$70,350
Connecticut2,230$40,120$58,480$92,390
Montana920$35,160$58,290$69,510
Massachusetts4,430$43,520$57,510$109,850
Missouri3,980$39,150$57,510$79,600
Minnesota3,810$36,460$57,270$87,970
Nevada4,120$41,430$56,390$98,190
North Dakota420$36,840$54,870$78,290
Vermont550$48,060$53,120$64,000
Colorado3,480$40,570$52,970$77,710
Pennsylvania5,980$37,250$52,120$72,230
Michigan4,920$37,440$50,650$75,670
Indiana3,510$36,410$50,260$69,520
Wisconsin3,350$37,870$50,090$75,040
Iowa1,770$37,080$49,710$67,010
New Hampshire910$40,830$49,670$63,530
Ohio5,600$37,060$49,450$74,400
Maryland3,750$40,560$49,120$78,050
Oregon5,410$38,260$48,900$73,560
Georgia2,760$36,690$48,340$68,060
Arizona5,210$40,180$48,250$63,640
South Dakota670$35,900$48,160$59,560
Kentucky1,390$35,900$48,110$64,720
Florida22,450$36,700$47,530$61,300
Virginia5,930$36,400$47,470$63,310
Nebraska1,590$33,410$47,280$57,990
Wyoming480$31,360$47,220$62,580
Louisiana4,090$32,000$46,410$59,330
New Mexico1,010$37,760$46,240$70,560
Utah3,510$36,220$46,050$65,780
Kansas1,570$33,780$45,510$58,510
Texas18,330$35,870$45,460$58,910
Oklahoma1,880$30,650$44,900$67,410
Idaho2,040$34,390$44,880$60,890
Mississippi1,060$34,530$44,800$64,720
West Virginia720$29,200$44,230$63,640
North Carolina5,220$33,410$44,110$58,300
Alabama1,570$34,190$43,930$57,490
Tennessee3,040$35,110$43,230$61,030
Virgin Islands40$29,160$42,520$48,100
Rhode Island1,160$31,200$41,590$64,410
South Carolina2,080$27,240$40,840$57,520
Arkansas890$31,150$40,090$54,610
Guam330$30,850$32,960$42,320
Puerto Rico600$22,160$24,070$36,160

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Questions this page answers

What is the national median wage for Painters, Construction and Maintenance?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, the national median annual wage for Painters, Construction and Maintenance is $49,400. Employment is 225,190.

How does Painters, Construction and Maintenance pay compare with all occupations?

The national median for Painters, Construction and Maintenance is 3.1% lower than the all-occupations median of $50,980.

Which metro has the highest published median for Painters, Construction and Maintenance?

Among metros with a published annual median in the May 2025 tables, Champaign-Urbana, IL is highest on this page's list at $84,370.