Painter Salary in Houston, TX (2026)

What painter pay in Houston really looks like

At about $22.18 an hour ($46,140 a year), Houston pays modestly below the national market for painters — $3,260 (7%) under the U.S. median of $49,400. It is a real gap, but a beatable one: the higher end of the local range closes most of it, and a credential or a supervisory step can push a Houston painter past the national figure without leaving the metro.

Pay is tightly clustered here: the 25th-to-75th-percentile band runs just $39,610 to $49,730 (BLS). A narrow spread means the metro median is a dependable expectation rather than a midpoint between wildly different jobs — there is little room above it without a credential, a specialty, or a supervisory step, so the ladder up is about the role, not just the employer.

This is a substantial local market: BLS estimates roughly 4,970 painter jobs across the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area (a count of metro employment, not a survey of reported salaries). A deep employer base is good news for pay — it means more openings to compare side by side, more turnover creating vacancies, and more leverage to hold out for an employer at the top of the local range instead of settling for the first offer that lands.

Right now, Jobeezy is tracking 24 open painter jobs in Houston against the BLS $46,140 benchmark — the live listings and the employers hiring are below, so you can see which openings actually clear the metro median before you apply.

Put it together and the picture for Houston is concrete: a metro median of $46,140 with most painters landing between $39,610 and $49,730. The practical move is to aim for the upper half of that band. Jobeezy fit-scores local painter openings, surfaces the employers posting toward $49,730, and applies for you — so your time goes to the jobs that clear the Houston median, not the ones that sit under it.

How we know this — Houston sources

Wage figures for Painter in Houston, TX are the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 estimate for the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area (MSA code 26420) (SOC 47-2141), released 2026-08-25. Suppressed cells are shown as an em dash, never a zero.

Reviewed by Dalton Metzler · Jobeezy Compensation Data

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Painter pay in Houston, TX — common questions

How much does a Painter make in Houston, TX?

The median Painter salary in Houston, TX is $22.18/hour ($46,140/year) ($3,260 (7%) below the national median), with a typical range of $39,610–$49,730 (25th–75th percentile). Figures are BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-08-25.

Is Houston a strong pay market for Painters?

At a $46,140 median, Houston is $3,260 (7%) below the national median. The U.S. median is $49,400. Jobeezy shows you which local employers actually pay at the top of that band before you apply.

How can I earn more as a Painter in Houston?

Target employers paying toward the $49,730 (75th-percentile) mark and anchor your negotiation to the BLS band. Jobeezy fit-scores Painter openings in Houston and auto-applies, so you reach more high-paying employers fast.

How many Painters work in Houston?

BLS estimates roughly 4,970 painter jobs across Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (May 2025 metro employment — a count of jobs, not of salaries reported).