Painting workers

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2019 Workforce

141k

Average Age

40.6

Average Salary

$43,979

Average Male Salary

$45,467

Average Female Salary

$32,509

About

Painting workers are most often employed by the Automotive repair & maintenance industry. The average yearly wage for Painting workers was $43,979 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Painting workers by wage are Model makers, patternmakers, & molding machine setters, metal & plastic, Firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers, and Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers.

Painting workers are part of the Production Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, Engine & other machine assemblers, Structural metal fabricators & fitters, Other assemblers and fabricators, and 55 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Painting workers are East Central Wisconsin PUMA, WI, Tulsa (Southeast) & Broken Arrow (West) Cities PUMA, OK, and Montgomery, Clinton, White, Carroll & Benton Counties PUMA, IN. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Painting workers are East Central Wisconsin PUMA, WI, Montgomery, Clinton, White, Carroll & Benton Counties PUMA, IN, and Heart of Georgia Altamaha Regional Commission (Southeast) PUMA, GA.

Production Occupations Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Painting workers and on wages and locations 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 . Painting workers are paid most in LENOWISCO & Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commissions PUMA, VA but are relatively concentrated in East Central Wisconsin PUMA, WI.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$43,979

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,342

In 2019, Painting workers earned an average of $43,979, $11,545 less than than the average national salary of $55,524.

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers make somewhat more than Painting workers while Model makers, patternmakers, & molding machine setters, metal & plastic make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Painting workers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.305

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Painting workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.305, which is lower than 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).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Painting workers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Painting workers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Painting workers.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Painting workers, by number of employees, are Automotive repair & maintenance, Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing, Furniture & related product manufacturing, Construction, Aircraft & parts manufacturing, Machinery manufacturing, n.e.c. or not specified, Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing , Car Dealers, Coating, engraving, heat treating & allied activities , Ship & boat building, and Miscellaneous manufacturing, n.e.c. .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Painting workers, by average wage, are Pulp, paper, & paperboard mills , Construction, & mining & oil & gas field machinery manufacturing , and Car Dealers.

Industries by Share

141k

2019 Workforce

± 9,199

0.369%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 9.23%

The number of people employed as Painting workers has been growing at a rate of 0.369%, from 140,008 people in 2018 to 140,525 people in 2019.

This graphic shows the share of Painting workers employed by various industries. Automotive repair & maintenance employs the largest share of Painting workers at 25.6%, followed by Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing with 10.4% and Furniture & related product manufacturing with 5.66%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Painting workers in the US. The average age of male Painting workers in the workforce is 40.4 and of female Painting workers is 41.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Painting workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

124k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 8,655

16.1k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 3,119

88.5% of Painting workers are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Painting workers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Painting workers

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

57.5% of Painting workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 17.8% of Painting workers, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Painting workers.

Age by Sex

40.4

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.909

41.9

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 2.57

The median age of Painting workers is 40.6, and Male employees are generally 1.47 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Painting workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Painting workers is Visual & Performing Arts but a relatively high number of Painting workers hold a major in Visual & Performing Arts.