How much does a Painting Assistant make in the United States?
As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for a Painting Assistant in the United States is $46,431 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $22.
However, a Painting Assistant's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:
Top Earners (90th percentile): $54,931
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $42,524 to $50,881
Key Factors That Influence Painting Assistant Salaries
A Painting Assistant's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors.
Below, we'll explore how geographic location, education
and company size
can directly affect your earning potential.
How Do Painting Assistant Salaries Vary from State to State?
Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Painting Assistants. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:
District of Columbia: $51,409.
California: $51,214.
Massachusetts: $50,531.
District of Columbia$51,409
California$51,214
Massachusetts$50,531
Washington$50,345
New Jersey$50,327
Alaska$50,262
Connecticut$49,621
New York$49,361
Hawaii$48,530
Rhode Island$48,140
Maryland$47,875
Minnesota$47,513
Colorado$47,374
Illinois$47,327
Oregon$47,151
Delaware$47,021
New Hampshire$46,939
Virginia$46,756
Pennsylvania$46,222
Nevada$45,953
North Dakota$45,865
Michigan$45,725
Wisconsin$45,674
Vermont$45,572
Texas$45,289
Maine$45,270
Arizona$45,242
Ohio$45,210
Georgia$44,783
Indiana$44,569
Wyoming$44,527
Utah$44,462
Iowa$44,435
Kansas$44,212
Louisiana$44,147
North Carolina$44,123
Missouri$44,114
Florida$43,933
Montana$43,836
Nebraska$43,743
Kentucky$43,692
South Carolina$43,506
Tennessee$43,390
Idaho$43,343
New Mexico$43,004
Oklahoma$42,930
Alabama$42,656
South Dakota$42,197
Arkansas$41,946
West Virginia$41,811
Mississippi$41,407
Top Paying Cities for Painting Assistants
Salaries can also vary between different cities.
Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay.
Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:
San Jose: $58,564
San Francisco: $57,922
Oakland: $56,702
San Jose, CA$58,564
San Francisco, CA$57,922
Oakland, CA$56,702
New York, NY$53,460
Paramus, NJ$52,810
Queens Village, NY$52,808
Passaic, NJ$52,764
Bergenfield, NJ$52,760
Stamford, CT$52,658
Huntington, NY$52,638
Newark, NJ$52,295
Bridgeport, CT$52,197
Vallejo, CA$52,105
New Brunswick, NJ$52,086
Petaluma, CA$52,059
Middlesex, NJ$51,970
Somerset, NJ$51,938
Santa Cruz, CA$51,877
Boston, MA$51,594
Monterey, CA$51,431
Seattle, WA$51,325
Santa Rosa, CA$51,316
Los Angeles, CA$51,302
Juneau, AK$51,181
Washington, DC$51,130
Orange, CA$50,965
Santa Ana, CA$50,842
Long Beach, CA$50,796
Anaheim, CA$50,786
Anchorage, AK$50,763
Santa Maria, CA$50,624
Everett, WA$50,615
Danbury, CT$50,451
Bremerton, WA$50,387
Tacoma, WA$50,220
New Suffolk, NY$50,219
Sacramento, CA$50,206
Santa Barbara, CA$50,155
Trenton, NJ$50,104
San Diego, CA$50,104
Brockton, MA$50,053
Fairbanks, AK$49,939
Lompoc, CA$49,821
Lowell, MA$49,783
Ventura, CA$49,774
Nashua, NH$49,765
Stockton, CA$49,760
Modesto, CA$49,421
Poughkeepsie, NY$49,319
Olympia, WA$49,231
Kennewick, WA$49,231
New Haven, CT$49,212
Lawrence, MA$49,045
Hartford, CT$48,999
Riverside, CA$48,989
New Bedford, MA$48,943
Richland, WA$48,943
Bakersfield, CA$48,878
San Bernardino, CA$48,859
New Britain, CT$48,855
Atlantic City, NJ$48,855
New London, CT$48,836
Norwich, CT$48,822
Portsmouth, NH$48,813
Boulder, CO$48,715
Portland, OR$48,651
Worcester, MA$48,646
Minneapolis, MN$48,502
Philadelphia, PA$48,437
Honolulu, HI$48,284
Saint Paul, MN$48,261
Vineland, NJ$48,251
Providence, RI$48,117
Chicago, IL$47,982
Bellingham, WA$47,926
Springfield, MA$47,889
Baltimore, MD$47,875
Chico, CA$47,759
Pittsfield, MA$47,634
Manchester, NH$47,545
Spokane, WA$47,341
Denver, CO$47,337
Albany, NY$47,118
Troy, NY$47,100
Nassau, NY$47,050
Schenectady, NY$47,002
Wilmington, DE$46,965
Burlington, VT$46,900
Salem, OR$46,881
Portland, ME$46,738
Yakima, WA$46,691
Rochester, MN$46,547
Reno, NV$46,524
Fresno, CA$46,524
Milwaukee, WI$46,482
Detroit, MI$46,436
Ann Arbor, MI$46,428
Allentown, PA$46,422
Colorado Springs, CO$46,343
Syracuse, NY$46,320
Carson City, NV$46,320
Houston, TX$46,255
Eugene, OR$46,231
Gary, IN$46,176
Springfield, OR$46,139
Bismarck, ND$46,129
Galveston, TX$46,097
Medford, OR$46,027
Fort Collins, CO$46,009
Concord, NH$45,985
Austin, TX$45,971
Mesa, AZ$45,874
Reading, PA$45,869
Phoenix, AZ$45,865
Dallas, TX$45,851
Saint Cloud, MN$45,806
Madison, WI$45,744
Utica, NY$45,619
Rochester, NY$45,544
Des Moines, IA$45,540
Raleigh, NC$45,535
Atlanta, GA$45,465
Battle Creek, MI$45,451
Salt Lake City, UT$45,437
Lancaster, PA$45,368
Harrisburg, PA$45,303
Kansas City, MO$45,256
Champaign, IL$45,247
Kansas City, KS$45,247
Fort Worth, TX$45,242
Columbus, OH$45,235
Boca Raton, FL$45,224
Pittsburgh, PA$45,205
Richmond, VA$45,187
Indianapolis, IN$45,177
Cleveland, OH$45,173
Las Vegas, NV$45,117
Cincinnati, OH$45,117
Petersburg, VA$45,047
Huntsville, AL$44,978
Lansing, MI$44,947
Lebanon, PA$44,941
Pueblo, CO$44,936
Appleton, WI$44,922
Buffalo, NY$44,904
Dayton, OH$44,890
Racine, WI$44,880
Charlotte, NC$44,876
Saint Louis, MO$44,862
York, PA$44,834
Elkhart, IN$44,834
Gastonia, NC$44,825
Billings, MT$44,814
Beaumont, TX$44,801
Lorain, OH$44,792
Benton Harbor, MI$44,783
Toledo, OH$44,774
Binghamton, NY$44,750
Rock Hill, SC$44,746
Rockford, IL$44,722
Springfield, IL$44,704
Elyria, OH$44,699
Fargo, ND$44,699
Flagstaff, AZ$44,667
Fort Lauderdale, FL$44,639
Duluth, MN$44,611
Miami, FL$44,611
Cheyenne, WY$44,578
Grand Forks, ND$44,578
Bangor, ME$44,476
Cedar Rapids, IA$44,425
Durham, NC$44,406
Louisville, KY$44,402
Grand Rapids, MI$44,393
Hialeah, FL$44,388
Casper, WY$44,323
Scranton, PA$44,267
New Orleans, LA$44,253
Virginia Beach, VA$44,249
Akron, OH$44,226
Peoria, IL$44,165
Sarasota, FL$44,156
Nashville, TN$44,123
Omaha, NE$44,123
Green Bay, WI$44,123
Baton Rouge, LA$44,100
Charleston, SC$44,091
Jamestown, NY$44,068
Davenport, IA$44,068
Tucson, AZ$44,045
Saint Petersburg, FL$44,017
Tampa, FL$44,007
Evansville, IN$43,980
Port Arthur, TX$43,980
Bradenton, FL$43,961
Santa Fe, NM$43,877
Orlando, FL$43,794
Clearwater, FL$43,780
Canton, OH$43,682
La Crosse, WI$43,682
Albuquerque, NM$43,655
Newport News, VA$43,650
High Point, NC$43,636
Ogden, UT$43,617
Corpus Christi, TX$43,580
Norfolk, VA$43,552
Laramie, WY$43,552
Rock Island, IL$43,525
Saginaw, MI$43,515
Jacksonville, FL$43,511
Salisbury, NC$43,501
Boise, ID$43,492
Moline, IL$43,469
Fort Myers, FL$43,455
Memphis, TN$43,446
Tulsa, OK$43,422
Waterloo, IA$43,395
Spartanburg, SC$43,348
Lincoln, NE$43,325
Fort Wayne, IN$43,316
Provo, UT$43,311
Cedar Falls, IA$43,255
San Antonio, TX$43,237
Greensboro, NC$43,218
South Bend, IN$43,213
Savannah, GA$43,162
Muskegon, MI$43,144
Birmingham, AL$43,139
Winston Salem, NC$43,116
Lake Charles, LA$43,004
Anderson, IN$42,995
Lexington, KY$42,981
Augusta, GA$42,967
Greenville, SC$42,967
Lima, OH$42,930
Wichita, KS$42,926
Tuscaloosa, AL$42,926
Columbia, SC$42,884
Springfield, OH$42,874
Asheville, NC$42,800
Bloomington, IN$42,768
Knoxville, TN$42,601
Shreveport, LA$42,596
Wilmington, NC$42,536
Roanoke, VA$42,536
Topeka, KS$42,452
Frankfort, KY$42,447
Oklahoma City, OK$42,415
Chillicothe, OH$42,396
Longview, TX$42,392
Melbourne, FL$42,387
Sioux Falls, SD$42,313
Mobile, AL$42,308
Terre Haute, IN$42,289
Altoona, PA$42,262
Amarillo, TX$42,229
Killeen, TX$42,215
Fayetteville, AR$42,178
Chattanooga, TN$42,164
Sioux City, IA$42,122
Idaho Falls, ID$42,113
Lynchburg, VA$42,076
Gainesville, FL$42,016
Portsmouth, OH$41,992
Little Rock, AR$41,983
Lafayette, LA$41,964
Youngstown, OH$41,964
Daytona Beach, FL$41,937
Clarksville, TN$41,932
Pensacola, FL$41,927
Temple, TX$41,924
Hopkinsville, KY$41,788
Erie, PA$41,779
Florence, SC$41,760
Charleston, WV$41,686
Great Falls, MT$41,663
Macon, GA$41,598
Tallahassee, FL$41,593
Fayetteville, NC$41,584
Waco, TX$41,574
Helena, MT$41,542
Pine Bluff, AR$41,524
Vincennes, IN$41,468
Lubbock, TX$41,449
Alamogordo, NM$41,421
Twin Falls, ID$41,379
Rapid City, SD$41,365
Jackson, MS$41,282
Huntington, WV$41,279
Greenville, MS$41,277
Parkersburg, WV$41,230
Montgomery, AL$41,222
Wichita Falls, TX$41,175
Springfield, MO$41,175
Biloxi, MS$41,152
Monroe, LA$41,105
Johnstown, PA$41,073
Sumter, SC$41,054
Columbus, GA$41,050
Pascagoula, MS$40,962
Abilene, TX$40,962
Kingsport, TN$40,841
Albany, GA$40,841
Gulfport, MS$40,827
Alexandria, LA$40,674
Fort Smith, AR$40,558
El Paso, TX$40,432
Las Cruces, NM$40,223
Harlingen, TX$40,105
Pocatello, ID$40,098
Florence, AL$40,038
Brownsville, TX$40,028
Mcallen, TX$39,931
Dothan, AL$39,866
Columbus, MS$39,590
Altus, OK$39,374
Lawton, OK$39,285
Pierre, SD$39,118
What Skills Can Increase a Painting Assistant's Salary?
Demanded Skills for the Role:
Attention to Detail (Mentioned in 3.73% Job Postings): Executing and completing a task with a high level of accuracy.
Carpentry (Mentioned in 1.32% Job Postings): Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. Carpenters traditionally worked with natural wood and did the rougher work such as framing, but today many other materials are also used and sometimes the finer trades of cabinetmaking and furniture building are considered carpentry. In the United States, 98.5% of carpenters are male, and it was the fourth most male-dominated occupation in the country in 1999. In 2006 in the United States, there were about 1.5 million carpentry positions. Carpenters are usually the first tradesmen on a job and the last to leave. Carpenters normally framed post-and-beam buildings until the end of the 19th century; now this old fashioned carpentry is called timber framing. Carpenters learn this trade by being employed through an apprenticeship training—normally 4 years—and qualify by successfully completing that country's competence test in places such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and South Africa. It is also common that the skill can be learned by gaining work experience other than a formal training program, which may be the case in many places.
Installation (Mentioned in 0.83% Job Postings): The action or process of installing someone or something, or of being installed. the act of installing the state of being installed, something that is installed for use.
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay.
Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a Painting Assistant's salary.
Plumbing: Can increase your salary by up to 15%.
Troubleshooting: Can increase your salary by up to 13%.
Creativity: Can increase your salary by up to 11%.
Painting Assistant Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors
For Painting Assistant roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential
by as much as 68% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries).
Data shows that the Biotechnology and Software & Networking
sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 25% above the average.
In contrast, Painting Assistant positions in Transportation or Hospitality & Leisure typically offer lower base pay,
as these industries often view Painting Assistant as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.
The top paying industries for a Painting Assistant
Industry Sector
Average Annual Salary
Average Hourly Rate
Pay vs.Avg
Biotechnology
$58,039
$28.0
25%
Software & Networking
$58,039
$28.0
25%
Energy & Utilities
$55,717
$27.0
20%
Pharmaceuticals
$55,717
$27.0
20%
Insurance
$53,396
$26.0
15%
How Education impacts a Painting Assistant's Salary?
Your level of education can impact your salary potential.
While many Painting Assistants enter the field with a No Diploma degree,
higher education can lead to more specialized and higher-paying roles.
According to our 100% employer-reported salary data,
the median salary for a Painting Assistant with a No Diploma is between
$42,251
and $45,708).
Painting Assistant Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay
Understanding how a Painting Assistant's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting.
Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role.
Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.
Hourly
Monthly
Weekly
Yearly
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Last Updated on September 01, 2026
$42,524
Average$46,431/year
$50,881
$3,544
Average$3,869/month
$4,240
$818
Average$893/week
$978
$20
Average$22/hour
$24
Annual Salary
Monthly Pay
Weekly Pay
Hourly Wage
75th Percentile
$50,881
$4,240
$978
$24
Average
$46,431
$3,869
$893
$22
25th Percentile
$42,524
$3,544
$818
$20
Salaries of Jobs related to Painting Assistant
Painting Project Manager$114,191
Painting Foreman$99,275
Painting Inspector$87,205
Painting Contractor$62,210
Painting Supervisor$58,821
Painting Superintendent$57,689
Painting Instructor$57,440
Painting Subcontractors$56,211
Painting Subcontractor$55,803
Painting Technician$52,848
Painting Apprentice$46,381
Salary Trends for Painting Assistant
Salaries for a Painting Assistant can change over time,
reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy.
The median salary increased from $47,498 in 2023
to around $47,532 in 2025,
reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy.
For a detailed analysis of Painting Assistant salary trends,
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Most common benefits for Painting Assistant
Social Security
401 (k)
Disability
Healthcare
Pension
Time Off (days)
Common company salaries for Painting Assistant
Here are companies hiring for Painting Assistant and their salaries, click below for more details.
C$128,509/per year
C R Bard IncBiotechnologythe United States
H$124,697/per year
Henry Schein CanadaBiotechnologythe United States
N$123,899/per year
Nordex IncBiotechnologythe United States
N$120,416/per year
Nipro CorpBiotechnologythe United States
E$115,870/per year
EnovisBiotechnologythe United States
A$114,553/per year
Advanced Research Projects Agency - EnergyBiotechnologythe United States
M$112,110/per year
MiniMed IncBiotechnologythe United States
L$111,500/per year
Labcorp Drug DevelopmentBiotechnologythe United States
L$110,229/per year
Life Technologies CorpBiotechnologythe United States
Z$106,224/per year
Zimmer BiometBiotechnologythe United States
P$103,077/per year
Promontory TherapeuticsBiotechnologythe United States
S$102,181/per year
Steris PLCBiotechnologythe United States
G$97,274/per year
Gavin Conferences Pty LtdBiotechnologythe United States
E$94,764/per year
Endeavor BioMedicinesBiotechnologythe United States
R$94,402/per year
Replay Holdings LLCBiotechnologythe United States
P$94,235/per year
Pleno IncBiotechnologythe United States
S$93,666/per year
Simulaids IncBiotechnologythe United States
N$88,880/per year
NOIRLab/CASBiotechnologythe United States
O$86,468/per year
Onward TechnologyBiotechnologythe United States
L$84,895/per year
LED Medical Diagnostics IncBiotechnologythe United States
E$84,682/per year
Eyeco LtdBiotechnologythe United States
P$84,523/per year
PaerosolBiotechnologythe United States
I$83,525/per year
IONIQ Sciences IncBiotechnologythe United States
S$82,815/per year
Stateside PPEBiotechnologythe United States
D$82,041/per year
Digi BioBiotechnologythe United States
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FAQ about Painting Assistant
1. What industry pays the highest salary for Painting Assistant?
The Biotechnology industry offers the highest average compensation for Painting Assistant roles,
with salaries approximately 25% above the market median.
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