How much does it cost to paint a whole house in St. Louis?

Roughly $2,450 to $3,700 inside and $1,950 to $2,900 outside for a 2,000 square foot home in St. Louis. Booking both together usually comes in below the sum of the two.

Is it cheaper to book interior and exterior together in St. Louis?

Usually, because mobilisation and quoting happen once instead of twice. This is true in St. Louis and everywhere else, since it is about the contractor's overhead rather than the local market.

Is this a quote for a job in St. Louis?

No. It is a modelled range built from the local wage. Nobody has seen your walls or your prep condition.

House Painting Cost in St. Louis

Painting a whole house in St. Louis, inside and out, runs $2,450 to $3,700 for the interior plus $1,950 to $2,900 for the exterior, both at St. Louis’s own wage of $30.15 an hour. Booked together most contractors price it below the two added separately.

Interior, by size

Interior painting by home size, national mean wage
Home size	Surface sq ft	Labour	Materials	Typical range
1,000 sq ft	2,750	$1,042	$495	$1,250 to $1,850
1,500 sq ft	4,125	$1,563	$743	$1,850 to $2,750
2,000 sq ft	5,500	$2,085	$990	$2,450 to $3,700
2,500 sq ft	6,875	$2,606	$1,238	$3,050 to $4,600
3,000 sq ft	8,250	$3,127	$1,485	$3,700 to $5,550
4,000 sq ft	11,000	$4,169	$1,980	$4,900 to $7,400

At St. Louis's own wage of $30.15/hr. Change job type or home size in the calculator.

Exterior, by size

Exterior painting by home size, national mean wage
Home size	Surface sq ft	Labour	Materials	Typical range
1,000 sq ft	1,500	$829	$375	$950 to $1,450
1,500 sq ft	2,250	$1,244	$563	$1,450 to $2,150
2,000 sq ft	3,000	$1,658	$750	$1,950 to $2,900
2,500 sq ft	3,750	$2,073	$938	$2,400 to $3,600
3,000 sq ft	4,500	$2,487	$1,125	$2,900 to $4,350
4,000 sq ft	6,000	$3,317	$1,500	$3,850 to $5,800

At St. Louis's own wage of $30.15/hr. Change job type or home size in the calculator.

Why booking both together costs less

A contractor pricing two separate jobs carries two lots of mobilisation: quoting, scheduling and getting a crew to your address twice rather than once. Combined, that overhead happens once, paint is bought in a larger quantity, and a crew already on site for the interior has no gap to price around before starting the exterior. It is reasonable to ask for a combined price below the two quoted separately, in St. Louis or anywhere else.

How St. Louis compares

St. Louis ranks 25 of 361 US metros by painter wage, one of the highest-paying metros in the country. See the full cost breakdown for St. Louis, including cabinets.