Painters, Construction and Maintenance · SOC 47-2141
Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Painters, Construction and Maintenances
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas
Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for painters, construction and maintenance. 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 25 of 361 metro areas
| # | Metro area | Median annual | Employment | Per 1,000 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | $84,370 | 160 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Kahului-Wailuku, HI | $73,650 | 180 | 2.4 |
| 3 | Rockford, IL | $72,700 | 130 | 1.0 |
| 4 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $66,160 | 1,390 | 3.1 |
| 5 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $65,080 | 810 | 8.6 |
| 6 | Peoria, IL | $64,450 | 110 | 0.7 |
| 7 | Bay City, MI | $64,200 | 60 | 1.8 |
| 8 | Springfield, IL | $63,930 | 110 | 1.1 |
| 9 | Hanford-Corcoran, CA | $63,800 | 40 | 0.9 |
| 10 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $63,600 | 5,310 | 2.2 |
| 11 | Saginaw, MI | $63,360 | 130 | 1.6 |
| 12 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $63,120 | 1,550 | 5.4 |
| 13 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $62,790 | 730 | 3.6 |
| 14 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $62,400 | 230 | 2.3 |
| 15 | Vallejo, CA | $62,370 | 410 | 2.8 |
| 16 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $61,970 | 2,410 | 2.1 |
| 17 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $61,740 | 5,480 | 1.2 |
| 18 | Albany, GA | $61,530 | 70 | 1.1 |
| 19 | Anniston-Oxford, AL | $61,480 | 70 | 1.5 |
| 20 | Fairbanks-College, AK | $61,420 | 50 | 1.4 |
| 21 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $61,420 | 11,930 | 1.3 |
| 22 | Napa, CA | $61,400 | 270 | 3.4 |
| 23 | Flint, MI | $61,230 | 260 | 1.9 |
| 24 | Salinas, CA | $60,860 | 520 | 2.8 |
| 25 | Bozeman, MT | $60,850 | 260 | 3.6 |
Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Painters, Construction and Maintenance 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.