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Painter and decorator
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Key facts
+3%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +3% (BLS).
The job
Prepares surfaces and applies paint and coverings, indoors and on facades.
17 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- commercial decorator
- commercial painter and decorator
- construction decorator
- construction painter
- construction painter and decorator
- decorator
- decorator paper hanger
- decorator, paperhanger
- industrial painter
- painter (construction)
- painter and decorator
- paper hanger
- paperhanger
- specialist painter
- wall paperer
- wallpaper decorator
- wallpaper hanger
Training
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureLowBLS AI exposure category "low" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookStableBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Painters, construction and maintenance)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayModestBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $49,400
EntryVery quickBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.