Highest-paying Cities for Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for painting, coating, and decorating workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of painting, coating, and decorating workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $56,850, Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey is the highest paying city for painting, coating, and decorating workers. It is followed by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (average annual salary $52,910). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of painting, coating, and decorating workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$56,850	$30,170	50
2	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$52,910	$24,550	60
3	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$52,300	$32,190	50
4	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$50,990	$29,340	240
5	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$50,440	$31,800	60
6	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$50,000	$36,950	40
7	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$49,450	$31,250	40
8	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$48,600	$30,320	100
9	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$47,910	$28,880	80
10	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$47,520	$35,020	n/a
11	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$46,460	$32,430	30
12	Columbus, Ohio	$46,330	$25,520	40
13	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$45,910	$29,820	30
14	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$45,780	$30,510	40
15	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$45,610	$31,130	50
16	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$45,200	$32,070	100
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$44,600	$33,090	110
18	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$44,370	$21,510	220
19	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$44,340	$24,240	50
20	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$44,320	$20,330	50
21	Boulder, Colorado	$44,290	$31,460	40
22	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$43,000	$33,080	60
23	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$42,390	$27,630	40
24	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$42,360	$35,150	80
25	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$42,310	$32,410	560
26	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$42,030	$42,030	30
27	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$41,860	$25,520	140
28	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$41,850	$28,960	80
29	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$41,600	$30,490	560
30	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$41,580	$32,040	240
31	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$40,790	$33,180	180
32	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$40,720	$32,200	30
33	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$40,540	$32,330	130
34	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$39,900	$29,340	50
35	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$39,850	$28,030	60
36	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$39,840	$28,820	40
37	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$39,730	$33,690	50
38	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$39,570	$37,180	310
39	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,510	$25,830	60
40	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$39,280	$37,190	70
41	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$39,270	$29,320	70
42	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$39,030	$27,440	60
43	St Louis, Missouri	$39,030	$29,580	30
44	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$38,780	$29,740	40
45	Kansas City, Missouri	$38,680	$28,610	60
46	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$38,650	$36,420	180
47	Spokane, Washington	$38,620	$33,550	50
48	Cleveland, Tennessee	$38,570	$29,250	40
49	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$38,460	$25,180	50
50	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$38,450	$34,300	90
51	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$38,420	$33,840	150
52	Knoxville, Tennessee	$38,380	$30,600	100
53	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$38,320	$26,980	60
54	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$38,280	$31,780	90
55	Salt Lake City, Utah	$38,060	$30,300	140
56	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$38,050	$29,080	50
57	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$38,000	$32,210	50
58	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$37,950	$22,890	140
59	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$37,890	$29,120	40
60	Syracuse, New York	$37,800	$30,160	50
61	St Cloud, Minnesota	$37,790	$31,630	50
62	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$37,760	$27,560	90
63	Springfield, Massachusetts	$37,750	$29,430	110
64	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$37,710	$28,780	50
65	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$37,660	$31,100	30
66	Provo-Orem, Utah	$37,650	$32,620	60
67	Peoria, Illinois	$37,630	$30,070	50
68	Columbia, South Carolina	$37,630	$31,720	40
69	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$37,560	$21,350	210
70	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$37,550	$30,730	30
71	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$37,530	$29,120	30
72	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$37,500	$24,080	30
73	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$37,480	$32,760	50
74	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$37,430	$30,870	60
75	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$37,340	$25,220	90
76	Pueblo, Colorado	$37,300	$20,380	n/a
77	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$37,120	$31,780	150
78	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$37,110	$37,100	40
79	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$37,080	$25,890	210
80	Worcester, Massachusetts	$36,970	$35,320	50
81	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$36,960	$32,310	70
82	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$36,860	$31,120	220
83	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$36,810	$30,820	70
84	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$36,740	$27,500	210
85	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$36,700	$21,160	40
86	Richmond, Virginia	$36,660	$24,740	50
87	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$36,630	$23,240	40
88	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$36,550	$30,370	40
89	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$36,480	$33,070	50
90	Mobile, Alabama	$36,480	$26,310	40
91	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$36,470	$34,270	50
92	Rochester, New York	$36,400	$29,640	40
93	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$36,380	$20,540	130
94	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$36,250	$27,640	40
95	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$36,090	$28,560	50
96	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$36,010	$28,280	90
97	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$35,970	$29,010	30
98	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$35,960	$26,360	40
99	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$35,940	$31,930	n/a
100	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$35,940	$26,040	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for painting, coating, and decorating workers.