SOC 47-3014.00

    Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons

    Help painters, paperhangers, plasterers, or stucco masons by performing duties requiring less skill.

    Median pay
    $40,470
    Growth
    +1.5%
    Slower than average
    Openings a year
    700
    Typical education
    No formal credential

    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

    Source: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

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    Annual pay range

    Lowest 10% earn less than
    $31,200
    Median
    $40,470
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $52,000
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    7,490 people work in this occupation.

    What helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    Help painters, paperhangers, plasterers, or stucco masons by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

    Usually a high school diploma; some on-the-job training or experience.

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R) · strongest
    92 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    2 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    13 / 100
    Social (S)
    24 / 100
    Enterprising (E)
    6 / 100
    Conventional (C)
    41 / 100
    How strongly each interest area describes the work, from O*NET (scores rescaled to 0–100). The interest code lists the strongest areas in order.

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    What you'd do

    Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
    80
    Getting Information
    79
    Performing General Physical Activities
    78
    Controlling Machines and Processes
    77
    Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
    76
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
    76
    Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
    76
    Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
    76
    Handling and Moving Objects
    75
    Training and Teaching Others
    73
    Work activities rated by importance for this occupation, O*NET (0–100).

    Skills and strengths

    Skills

    • Coordination
    • Speaking
    • Active Listening
    • Critical Thinking
    • Monitoring
    • Time Management
    • Operations Monitoring
    • Quality Control Analysis
    • Social Perceptiveness
    • Equipment Maintenance

    Knowledge

    • Building and Construction
    • English Language
    • Administration and Management
    • Public Safety and Security
    • Mathematics
    • Customer and Personal Service
    • Design
    • Education and Training
    • Transportation
    • Mechanical

    Abilities

    • Arm-Hand Steadiness
    • Extent Flexibility
    • Gross Body Equilibrium
    • Manual Dexterity
    • Static Strength
    • Trunk Strength
    • Gross Body Coordination
    • Multilimb Coordination
    • Dynamic Strength
    • Far Vision

    Work styles

    • Dependability
    • Cooperation
    • Attention to Detail
    • Cautiousness
    • Humility
    • Integrity
    • Stress Tolerance
    • Self-Control
    • Optimism
    • Perseverance

    Also called

    Billboard Poster Helper · Bridge Painter Helper · Dry Plasterer Helper · Exterior Work Helper · Helper · Highway Painter Helper · House Painter Helper · Ornamental Plasterer Helper · Painter Assistant · Painter Helper

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    Sources and attribution

    Every figure on this page comes from these public datasets. Missing values are shown as not reported, never estimated.

    O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.

    Page data updated November 5, 2026.