Painters, Construction and Maintenance
SOC 47-2141 · 2024-2034
Paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns. May remove old paint to prepare surface prior to painting. May mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $60,619per year
- Projected openings
- 48,920
- Projected change
- +5.3%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Time Management
- Critical Thinking
- Social Perceptiveness
- Monitoring
- Coordination
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $65,290 | 2,320 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $63,532 | 4,430 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $62,877 | 940 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $61,403 | 650 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $61,311 | 360 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $60,981 | 3,610 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $60,930 | 380 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $60,226 | 9,030 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $60,117 | 310 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $60,075 | 3,440 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $59,355 | 490 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $58,686 | 120 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $58,614 | 800 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $58,500 | 60 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $57,671 | 5,460 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $57,461 | 790 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $57,173 | 70 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $56,905 | 130 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $55,865 | 200 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $55,865 | 450 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $54,774 | 140 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $54,774 | 810 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $51,645 | 5,990 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $50,904 | 1,440 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $50,533 | 1,100 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $49,854 | 4,990 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $49,781 | 890 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $49,606 | 210 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $49,071 | 1,170 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $43,965 | 470 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons | $47,472 | 2,170 | +5% |
| Plasterers and Stucco Masons | $61,564 | 6,320 | +5.1% |
| Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | $54,158 | 11,790 | +2.5% |
| Furniture Finishers | $50,200 | 1,240 | -13.3% |
| Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall | $50,163 | 2,690 | +3.1% |
| Roofers | $65,323 | 20,430 | +6.8% |
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