Painting workers
Detailed Occupation
Add ComparisonPainting workers are most often employed by the Automotive repair & maintenance industry. The average yearly wage for Painting workers was $45,688 in 2021.
The locations that employ the most Painting workers are Lancaster City PUMA, CA, Elkhart & Goshen Cities PUMA, IN, and Paterson City PUMA, NJ. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Painting workers are Lancaster City PUMA, CA, Paterson City PUMA, NJ, and Pulaski, Camden, Miller & Morgan Counties PUMA, MO.
Employment and salary information for the Painting workers workforce. Painting workers workforce in 2021 was 140,601 people, of which 11.1% were women and 88.9% were men. Painting workers are paid most in Wood, Portage, Juneau & Adams Counties PUMA, WI but are relatively concentrated in Lancaster City PUMA, CA.
The Painting workers workforce in 2021 was 140,601 people (11.1% women and 88.9% men). This implies an average annual growth of 8.87% between 2014 (129,144) and 2021 (140,601).
In 2021, Painting workers earned an average of $45,688, $13,907 less than the average national salary of $59,596
The graph shows the ranking of Painting workers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2021.
In 2021, Painting workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.324, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Painting workers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).
The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Painting workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.
Information on the industries that employ Painting workers and on wages for those in the field. Automotive repair & maintenance is the industry that employs the most Painting workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Painting workers, by average wage, is Pulp, paper, & paperboard mills ($85,706).
This graphic shows the share of Painting workers employed by various industries. Automotive repair & maintenance employs the largest share of Painting workers at 67.1%, followed by Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing with 21.6% and Furniture & related product manufacturing with 11.3%.
Demographic information on Painting workers in the US. The workforce of Painting workers in 2021 was 140,601 people, with 11.1% woman, and 88.9% men. The average age of male Painting workers in the workforce is 41 and of female Painting workers is 39.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Painting workers is White.
The workforce of Painting workers in 2021 was 140,601 people, with 11.1% woman, and 88.9% men.
The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (17,469 people), 35 to 39 years (17,044 people), and 40 to 44 years (16,733 people). Among them they concentrated 36.5% of the total workforce.
In 2021, 29.5% of Painting workers workers were Hispanic and 70.5% non-Hispanic.
The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (87.2%), Puerto Rican (6.83)%, and Salvadoran (6.01)%
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In 2021, 67.1% of the Painting workers workforce were White, of which 11.5% were women and 88.5% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (10.9%) and Other (10.3%).
Data on higher education choices for Painting workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Painting workers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2021 were Mechanical Technologies.
The most common majors achieved by Painting workers in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (1,077 people), Visual & Performing Arts (803 people), and Engineering (729 people).
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The main educational levels achieved by the Painting workers workers were High School or Equivalent (68,540 people), Some college (29,065 people), and Secondary Education (21,249 people).
The graphic shows the Painting workers workforce by gender and educational level.
