What is the pay rate for interior house painters in Oregon?

Answer 1

Painters' salaries are ranked by experience and job performance. Typically, there is no such thing as an exclusively interior painter. Most reputable companies will expect an employee to be able and willing to do both interior and exterior painting work. In Oregon, you will be limited to interior painting during the winter due to weather conditions, but during the summer, both interior and exterior painting must be performed.

Data from the BLS website suggests the following:

In May 2006, median hourly earnings of wage and salary painters, construction and maintenance, were $15.00, not including the earnings of the self-employed. The middle 50 percent earned between $12.19 and $19.51. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $9.97, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $25.62. Median hourly earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of painters were as follows:

Local government $20.11 Drywall and insulation contractors 16.18 Nonresidential building construction 15.68 Residential building construction 15.04 Painting and wall covering contractors 14.62

In May 2006, median earnings for wage and salary paperhangers were $16.21. The middle 50 percent earned between $13.12 and $20.62. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $10.34, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $26.77.

Earnings for painters may be reduced on occasion because of bad weather and the short-term nature of many construction jobs. Hourly wage rates for apprentices usually start at 40 to 50 percent of the rate for experienced workers and increase periodically.

Some painters and paperhangers are members of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. Some painters are members of other unions.