Painting Contractor
Impact: Visual, Functional
Oversee and execute painting projects for residential and commercial clients, including surface preparation, paint application, and project management. Manage teams, budgets, and client relationships to ensure high-quality finishes and customer satisfaction.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- Team
- Client facing
- Frequent
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Frequent
- Schedule flexibility
- Flexible
- Remote work
- Limited Remote
- Typical work hours
- 40
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $65,000
- Entry-level
- $45,000
- Senior
- $90,000
- Growth by 2033
- 0.08
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- High
- Salary growth potential
- High
- Typical student debt
- $0
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Project Management
- Estimating
- Surface Preparation
Soft skills
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Leadership
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- High School Diploma
- Licensing
- Varies by State
- Years to mid-career
- 5
- Years to senior
- 10
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Journeyman Painter
- Foreman
- Painting Contractor
- Business Owner
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 0.25
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.5/10
- Meaning
- 3.8/10
- Work-life balance
- 3/10
- Prestige
- 6.5/10
- Social perception
- High