Painting

Median Annual Income

$55,700

Projected Job Growth

+3 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fireproofing, or acoustical material.

Median Annual Income

$47,540

Projected Job Growth

+3 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Line and cover structures with insulating materials. May work with batt, roll, or blown insulation materials.

Median Annual Income

$48,460

Projected Job Growth

+6 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Cover interior walls or ceilings of rooms with decorative wallpaper or fabric, or attach advertising posters on surfaces such as walls and billboards. May remove old materials or prepare surfaces to be papered.

Median Annual Income

$52,640

Projected Job Growth

+3 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Apply interior or exterior plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials. May also set ornamental plaster.

Median Annual Income

$50,030

Projected Job Growth

+6 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Cover roofs of structures with shingles, slate, asphalt, aluminum, wood, or related materials. May spray roofs, sidings, and walls with material to bind, seal, insulate, or soundproof sections of structures.

Median Annual Income

$37,010

Projected Job Growth

+2 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Help painters, paperhangers, plasterers, or stucco masons by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Median Annual Income

$39,790

Projected Job Growth

-2 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Shape, finish, and refinish damaged, worn, or used furniture or new high-grade furniture to specified color or finish.

Median Annual Income

$40,230

Projected Job Growth

+2 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

No formal educational credential

Paint, coat, or decorate articles, such as furniture, glass, plateware, pottery, jewelry, toys, books, or leather.

Median Annual Income

$45,560

Projected Job Growth

+1 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Set up, operate, or tend spraying or rolling machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products, including glassware, cloth, ceramics, metal, plastic, paper, or wood, with lacquer, silver, copper, rubber, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rust-proofing materials. Includes painters of transportation vehicles such as painters in auto body repair facilities.

Median Annual Income

$43,310

Projected Job Growth

+5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Advanced Manufacturing

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Mold, shape, form, cast, or carve products such as food products, figurines, tile, pipes, and candles consisting of clay, glass, plaster, concrete, stone, or combinations of materials.