How much do Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Percentile spread

For Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers, the published 10th percentile is $41,600 and the 90th percentile is $48,010. The difference is $6,410, which is 15.4% 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 $41,600 to the 75th at $41,600, covers $0.

The mean annual wage is $43,610, which sits above the median of $41,600. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is about the same as the national median of $41,600 for Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,631, which is 11.9% lower 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 California median of $41,600.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $41,600 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers at $36,631 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 2nd of 3 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).).

• San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $41,680 and employment of 70. That median is 0.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,252, against $36,631 here.
• Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 121 miles away, with a median of $40,120 and employment of 100. That median is 3.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,692, against $36,631 here.