State guide

Painting Cost in Texas

Painters in Texas average $22.13 an hour, 10% below the national mean. This page covers all 23 Texas metro areas the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data for, each with its own cost breakdown.

Metro areas in Texas

Ranked by mean painter wage, highest to lowest. Every metro links to its own interior, exterior and cabinet cost breakdown.

Longview$23.47Texarkana$23.27Odessa$23.24Corpus Christi$23.06Midland$22.70Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands$22.63Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos$22.59Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington$22.47Waco$22.44Beaumont-Port Arthur$22.15San Antonio-New Braunfels$21.39Killeen-Temple$21.34San Angelo$20.99College Station-Bryan$20.85McAllen-Edinburg-Mission$20.70Amarillo$20.43Lubbock$20.16Victoria$20.11Abilene$19.91Tyler$19.85Brownsville-Harlingen$19.11El Paso$18.67Laredo$18.11

Why the wage varies within one state

Longview is the highest-paying metro in Texas at $23.47 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 Texas?

The Texas state average is $22.13 an hour, 10% below the national mean. Individual metros vary: Longview is the highest at $23.47.

Which Texas metro has the highest painting cost?

Longview, where painters average $23.47 an hour. See its dedicated cost breakdown above.

Does this cover every part of Texas?

It covers every metro area the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data for in Texas u2014 23 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.