State guide
Painting Cost in New York
Painters in New York average $32.72 an hour, 34% above the national mean. This page covers all 13 New York metro areas the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data for, each with its own cost breakdown.
Metro areas in New York
Ranked by mean painter wage, highest to lowest. Every metro links to its own interior, exterior and cabinet cost breakdown.
Why the wage varies within one state
New York-Newark-Jersey City is the highest-paying metro in New York at $33.62 an hour. A state average blends every local labour market into one number, which is useful for a state-level sense of cost but not for a specific job: the metro pages above use each area’s own wage rather than this state figure, because a state can easily contain both its most and least expensive metro at the same time.
See the full painting cost guide for every state, or the calculator to price a specific job.
Common questions
How much do painters charge per hour in New York?
The New York state average is $32.72 an hour, 34% above the national mean. Individual metros vary: New York-Newark-Jersey City is the highest at $33.62.
Which New York metro has the highest painting cost?
New York-Newark-Jersey City, where painters average $33.62 an hour. See its dedicated cost breakdown above.
Does this cover every part of New York?
It covers every metro area the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data for in New York u2014 13 in total. Rural areas outside a metro area are not separately tracked in this dataset.
What this page does not tell you
- The state figure is a weighted blend across every metro in the state, not a single local market.
- Rural and non-metro areas of the state are not separately tracked in the BLS release this site uses.
- For an actual job, use the specific metro's own page or the calculator rather than the state average.