Highest-paying Cities for Painters, Construction and Maintenance

The top 100 highest paying cities for painters, construction and maintenance (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of painters, construction and maintenance in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $67,300, Norwich-New London, Rhode Island is the highest paying city for painters, construction and maintenance. It is followed by Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts (average annual salary $66,980). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of painters, construction and maintenance in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Painters, Construction and Maintenance

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$67,300	$42,680	320
2	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$66,980	$30,200	70
3	Peoria, Illinois	$66,390	$31,080	170
4	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$64,770	$47,760	180
5	St Joseph, Missouri	$64,330	$39,760	40
6	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$64,150	$37,180	130
7	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$63,390	$28,300	50
8	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$63,120	$36,020	40
9	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois	$62,880	$27,260	40
10	New Bern, North Carolina	$61,650	$29,270	60
11	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$61,580	$39,810	1,310
12	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$60,510	$31,340	60
13	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$60,380	$37,220	5,430
14	Warner Robins, Georgia	$59,680	$51,190	280
15	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$59,670	$47,160	2,310
16	Duluth, Wisconsin	$59,450	$29,950	90
17	St Louis, Missouri	$59,260	$37,660	2,200
18	Decatur, Illinois	$59,180	$34,200	80
19	Anchorage, Alaska	$58,850	$33,980	230
20	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$58,600	$35,450	310
21	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$58,340	$45,980	5,540
22	Rochester, Minnesota	$57,960	$35,230	200
23	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$57,660	$39,210	30
24	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$57,540	$36,190	2,850
25	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$57,300	$35,190	13,600
26	Albany, Georgia	$56,870	$28,900	80
27	Springfield, Illinois	$56,730	$33,890	120
28	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$56,680	$34,210	1,590
29	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$56,570	$42,580	440
30	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$56,430	$29,830	160
31	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$56,220	$34,450	70
32	Carson City, Nevada	$56,160	$36,980	50
33	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$56,120	$32,150	140
34	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$56,040	$43,730	60
35	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$55,040	$37,770	740
36	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$55,000	$34,400	320
37	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$54,900	$35,650	2,500
38	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$54,520	$37,740	80
39	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$54,300	$22,710	560
40	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$54,220	$33,990	80
41	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$54,170	$35,750	3,580
42	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$53,970	$35,680	120
43	Fairbanks, Alaska	$53,710	$36,430	40
44	Napa, California	$53,460	$38,190	250
45	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$53,250	$42,430	340
46	Kansas City, Missouri	$53,080	$37,640	1,480
47	Cape Girardeau-Jackson, Missouri	$52,940	$38,810	60
48	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$52,530	$39,540	5,090
49	Anniston-Oxford, Alabama	$52,480	$36,740	80
50	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$52,320	$31,050	150
51	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$51,990	$30,420	180
52	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$51,840	$32,090	80
53	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$51,630	$30,980	990
54	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$51,470	$37,290	60
55	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$51,440	$31,940	80
56	El Centro, California	$51,000	$37,930	50
57	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$50,980	$36,000	270
58	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$50,750	$39,050	2,720
59	Wausau, Wisconsin	$50,600	$35,770	40
60	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$50,480	$33,370	100
61	Enid, Oklahoma	$50,470	$42,530	40
62	Worcester, Massachusetts	$50,260	$36,930	270
63	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$50,200	$39,340	210
64	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$50,160	$40,410	710
65	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$49,980	$38,450	300
66	Elmira, New York	$49,930	$34,530	80
67	Honolulu, Hawaii	$49,920	$27,600	1,230
68	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$49,670	$30,600	530
69	Flint, Michigan	$49,660	$35,300	250
70	Ithaca, New York	$49,660	$37,710	40
71	Modesto, California	$49,610	$39,160	570
72	Great Falls, Montana	$49,600	$35,930	80
73	Kingston, New York	$49,560	$30,380	80
74	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$49,560	$36,290	1,000
75	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$49,500	$37,060	950
76	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$49,490	$35,660	150
77	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$49,310	$38,770	10,950
78	Madison, Wisconsin	$49,290	$33,230	450
79	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$49,280	$38,440	160
80	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$49,230	$35,330	360
81	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$49,230	$35,340	160
82	Salinas, California	$49,220	$39,340	370
83	Springfield, Massachusetts	$49,210	$36,680	260
84	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$49,090	$38,030	470
85	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$49,090	$36,490	150
86	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$49,080	$40,230	430
87	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$49,080	$36,180	40
88	Camden, New Jersey	$48,940	$19,940	720
89	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$48,880	$38,140	320
90	Kokomo, Indiana	$48,850	$29,600	40
91	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$48,830	$38,680	150
92	St Cloud, Minnesota	$48,720	$34,210	100
93	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$48,710	$32,450	170
94	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$48,690	$38,000	760
95	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$48,580	$38,150	4,050
96	Yuba City, California	$48,550	$38,540	80
97	Syracuse, New York	$48,530	$31,990	390
98	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$48,430	$29,830	50
99	Waterbury, Connecticut	$48,350	$37,290	80
100	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$48,320	$35,600	140

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for painters, construction and maintenance.