Cost by metro
Painting Cost in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
Painters in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington average $22.47 an hour, 8% below the national mean. A 2,000 square foot interior here runs roughly $2,050 to $3,050 for labour and materials, of which about 61% is labour.
| Job | Labour | Materials | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interior, 2,000 sq ft | $1,554 | $990 | $2,050 to $3,050 |
| Exterior, 2,000 sq ft | $1,236 | $750 | $1,600 to $2,400 |
| Kitchen cabinets, 30 doors | $2,373 | $660 | $2,450 to $3,650 |
4,570 painters are employed in this metro. Wage source: BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 47-2141. Billed labour rate is the mean wage × 2.2. Full method.
How Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington compares
At 251 of 361, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington sits below the national midpoint, and the local market is a narrow one: $18.84 to $24.05. Most quotes here should land close together rather than swing widely, closer in pattern to Waco than to a wide-spread metro.
Nearest by rank: New Orleans-Metairie and Waco.
Within Texas, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington pays 2% above the state average of $22.13, across 23 BLS-tracked metros in the state. See the full Texas painting cost guide.
What it costs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
| Home size | Surface sq ft | Labour | Materials | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 sq ft | 2,750 | $777 | $495 | $1,000 to $1,550 |
| 1,500 sq ft | 4,125 | $1,165 | $743 | $1,550 to $2,300 |
| 2,000 sq ft | 5,500 | $1,554 | $990 | $2,050 to $3,050 |
| 2,500 sq ft | 6,875 | $1,942 | $1,238 | $2,550 to $3,800 |
| 3,000 sq ft | 8,250 | $2,330 | $1,485 | $3,050 to $4,600 |
| 4,000 sq ft | 11,000 | $3,107 | $1,980 | $4,050 to $6,100 |
At Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington's own wage of $22.47/hr. Change job type or home size in the calculator.
Exterior work costs more per square foot here for the same reason it does everywhere: slower coverage, heavier prep, and ladders instead of a flat wall. At Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington’s own wage, an exterior job on the same 2,000 square foot home runs $1,600 to $2,400. Cabinets, priced per door rather than by area, run $2,450 to $3,650 for an average 30 door kitchen.
Dedicated cost pages, going deeper than the summary above: Interior, Exterior, Cabinets, Whole house.
The local trade
4,570 painters are employed in this metro area, out of 201,860 tracked nationally across 361 metros. That headcount is a rough guide to how much choice you have locally: a deep local market usually means more competing quotes, a thin one means fewer and a longer wait for a good crew.
Every figure above uses the same method as the rest of this site: the metro mean wage multiplied by 2.2 for payroll burden, overhead and profit, then a coverage rate for the job type. Nothing here is specific to this metro beyond the wage itself. See the methodology page for the full chain and to check the arithmetic.
Common questions
What do painters charge per hour in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington?
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington painters average $22.47 an hour, which a contractor bills at roughly $22.47 × 2.2 once payroll burden, insurance, overhead and profit are included.
How much does it cost to paint a house in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington?
A 2,000 square foot interior runs roughly $2,050 to $3,050 in labour and materials, and the exterior of the same house runs $1,600 to $2,400. Both are modelled from the local wage, not a national figure.
Is painting more expensive in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington than the rest of the state?
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington pays 2% above its own state average, and ranks 251 of 361 nationally.
What this page does not tell you
- The wage is a metro-wide mean. A large metro can span suburbs with genuinely different local rates.
- This is a modelled range, not a quote, and nobody has seen your walls.
- Excludes repairs, wallpaper removal, lead-safe work and scaffolding.
- Wage data is the BLS May 2025 release and lags the current market.