Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons · SOC 47-3014

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masonss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 23 of 23 metro areas

Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$52,000	Not published	Not published
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$50,440	300	0.1
3	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$47,260	550	0.1
4	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$46,780	350	0.2
5	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$45,150	Not published	Not published
6	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$45,050	Not published	Not published
7	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$44,440	60	0.2
8	Baton Rouge, LA	$44,330	80	0.2
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$43,890	Not published	Not published
10	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$43,280	30	0.2
11	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$42,210	260	0.2
12	Urban Honolulu, HI	$40,610	70	0.2
13	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$40,420	230	0.1
14	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$40,370	120	0.1
15	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$39,200	90	0.0
16	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$39,080	50	0.0
17	Boise City, ID	$38,790	Not published	Not published
18	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$38,380	80	0.1
19	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$38,330	60	0.1
20	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$37,920	120	0.1
21	Ogden, UT	$37,470	50	0.2
22	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$37,240	40	0.1
23	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$36,960	470	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.