How much do painters make hourly?

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Zippia Team · Accepted Answer

Painters working on structures, fixtures, and furniture make $15.15 hourly. This equates to just over $30,000 a year, on average. The pay range for these laborer painters is $24,000 to $40,000 a year, on average.

Laborer painter pay varies depending on location and industry.

Laborer painters make under $40,000 annually in all but four states. The lowest paying state for painters is North Carolina, with the average painter earning just $25,025 annually.

The four states where painters average more than $40,000 annually are:

New Jersey: $46,532
California: $44,788
Massachusetts: $41,791
Connecticut: $41,625

Painter pay varies by industry. Painters as artists can make up to millions of dollars per piece, or they can make little to nothing on their work. The highest paying industries for laborer painters are technology, energy, and manufacturing. None of these averages reach over $35,000 annually. The lowest-paid laborer painters work in government.