Painting workers

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2020 Workforce

138k

Average Age

40.7

Average Salary

$43,665

Average Male Salary

$45,291

Average Female Salary

$31,749

About

Painting workers are most often employed by the Automotive repair & maintenance industry. The average yearly wage for Painting workers was $43,665 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Painting workers by wage are Cement masons, concrete finishers, & terrazzo workers, Supervisors of personal care and service workers, and Entertainers & performers, sports & related workers, all other.

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 Elkhart & Goshen Cities PUMA, IN, Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN, and East Central Wisconsin PUMA, WI. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Painting workers are Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN, Talladega, Cherokee, Randolph, Cleburne & Clay Counties PUMA, AL, and Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley, Switzerland & Ohio Counties PUMA, IN.

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 Wichita City (Northeast) PUMA, KS but are relatively concentrated in Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN.

Yearly Wage

$43,665

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,126

In 2020, Painting workers earned an average of $43,665, $12,289 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Supervisors of personal care and service workers make somewhat more than Painting workers while Cement masons, concrete finishers, & terrazzo workers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Painting workers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.32

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Painting workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.32, 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.

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, Machinery manufacturing, n.e.c. or not specified, Aircraft & parts manufacturing, Car Dealers, Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing , Ship & boat building, Coating, engraving, heat treating & allied activities , and Miscellaneous manufacturing, n.e.c. .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Painting workers, by average wage, are Pulp, paper, & paperboard mills , Motion pictures & video industries, and Bus service & urban transit.

Industries by Share

138k

2020 Workforce

± 9,128

−1.77%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 9.46%

The number of people employed as Painting workers has been declining at a rate of −1.77%, from 140,866 people in 2019 to 138,367 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Painting workers employed by various industries. Automotive repair & maintenance employs the largest share of Painting workers at 28.4%, followed by Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing with 9.59% and Furniture & related product manufacturing with 5.26%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Painting workers in the US. The average age of male Painting workers in the workforce is 40.8 and of female Painting workers is 40.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Painting workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

122k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 8,563

16.6k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 3,164

88% 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)

55% of Painting workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 15.8% 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

40.8

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.906

40.5

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 2.64

The median age of Painting workers is 40.7, and Male employees are generally 0.238 years older 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.