SOC 51-9123 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers make in Boise City, ID?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers in Boise City, ID is $45,060. The 10th percentile is $38,050 and the 90th percentile is $46,480. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$45,060
- 10th percentile
- $38,050
- 25th percentile
- $38,730
- Median
- $45,060
- 75th percentile
- $46,480
- 90th percentile
- $46,480
- Mean
- $44,380
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers, the published 10th percentile is $38,050 and the 90th percentile is $46,480. The difference is $8,430, which is 18.7% 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 $38,730 to the 75th at $46,480, covers $7,750.
The mean annual wage is $44,380, which sits below the median of $45,060. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Boise City, ID median is 8.3% higher than the national median of $41,600 for Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $45,797, which is 10.1% 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 Idaho median of $45,050.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boise City, ID is 98.391, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,060 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers at $45,797 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Highest-paying jobs in Boise City, ID · Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers make in Boise City, ID?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers in Boise City, ID is $45,060. The 10th percentile is $38,050 and the 90th percentile is $46,480.
How does that compare with the national median for Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers?
The local median is 8.3% higher than the national median of $41,600.
What is Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers pay in Boise City, ID after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boise City, ID is 98.391, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $45,060 is $45,797. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.