Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers Salary in the US
A painting, coating, and decorating workers earns a national median of $41,600 a year (mean $45,210) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #711 of 825.
How much does a painting, coating, and decorating workers earn in the US?
A painting, coating, and decorating workers in the United States earns a median of $41,600 a year (mean $45,210), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 18% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 7,940 people work in this occupation (SOC 51-9123), ranked #711 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$41,600
per year
Mean
$45,210
per year
Employment
7,940
US workers
National rank
#711
of 825 by median
What a painting, coating, and decorating workers earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a painting, coating, and decorating workers (SOC 51-9123) earns a median annual wage of $41,600 and a mean (average) of $45,210. The median is the midpoint — half of painting, coating, and decorating workers earn more and half earn less — and is 18% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a painting, coating, and decorating workers in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for painting, coating, and decorating workers is $41,600, and the mean (average) is $45,210. The median is the midpoint — half of painting, coating, and decorating workers earn more and half earn less.
- How does painting, coating, and decorating workers pay compare to the US average?
- At $41,600, a painting, coating, and decorating workers earns 18% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many painting, coating, and decorating workers are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 7,940 painting, coating, and decorating workers employed nationally (SOC 51-9123), across all industries.
- Where does this painting, coating, and decorating workers salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 51-9123. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 51-9123 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
Published verbatim by GeraJobs. Last updated: 2026-06-27. ← All US salaries