Cost by metro
Painting Cost in Fort Collins-Loveland
Painters in Fort Collins-Loveland average $25.54 an hour, 4% above the national mean. A 2,000 square foot interior here runs roughly $2,200 to $3,300 for labour and materials, of which about 64% is labour.
| Job | Labour | Materials | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interior, 2,000 sq ft | $1,766 | $990 | $2,200 to $3,300 |
| Exterior, 2,000 sq ft | $1,405 | $750 | $1,700 to $2,600 |
| Kitchen cabinets, 30 doors | $2,697 | $660 | $2,700 to $4,050 |
270 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 Fort Collins-Loveland compares
Fort Collins-Loveland lands just above the middle of the national wage ranking, at 130 of 361. The percentile band is narrow ($21.88 to $27.93), which usually means local painters price similarly, with less room for a surprisingly low or high outlier bid than in Evansville.
Nearest by rank: Evansville and Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood.
Within Colorado, Fort Collins-Loveland pays 6% below the state average of $27.10, across 7 BLS-tracked metros in the state. See the full Colorado painting cost guide.
What it costs in Fort Collins-Loveland
| Home size | Surface sq ft | Labour | Materials | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 sq ft | 2,750 | $883 | $495 | $1,100 to $1,650 |
| 1,500 sq ft | 4,125 | $1,324 | $743 | $1,650 to $2,500 |
| 2,000 sq ft | 5,500 | $1,766 | $990 | $2,200 to $3,300 |
| 2,500 sq ft | 6,875 | $2,207 | $1,238 | $2,750 to $4,150 |
| 3,000 sq ft | 8,250 | $2,649 | $1,485 | $3,300 to $4,950 |
| 4,000 sq ft | 11,000 | $3,532 | $1,980 | $4,400 to $6,600 |
At Fort Collins-Loveland's own wage of $25.54/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 Fort Collins-Loveland’s own wage, an exterior job on the same 2,000 square foot home runs $1,700 to $2,600. Cabinets, priced per door rather than by area, run $2,700 to $4,050 for an average 30 door kitchen.
The local trade
270 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 Fort Collins-Loveland?
Fort Collins-Loveland painters average $25.54 an hour, which a contractor bills at roughly $25.54 × 2.2 once payroll burden, insurance, overhead and profit are included.
How much does it cost to paint a house in Fort Collins-Loveland?
A 2,000 square foot interior runs roughly $2,200 to $3,300 in labour and materials, and the exterior of the same house runs $1,700 to $2,600. Both are modelled from the local wage, not a national figure.
Is painting more expensive in Fort Collins-Loveland than the rest of the state?
Fort Collins-Loveland pays 6% below its own state average, and ranks 130 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.