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

> 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.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/helpers-painters-paperhangers-plasterers-and-stucco-masons
- SOC code: 47-3014.00
- Career family: Construction and extraction
- Median annual pay: $40,470 (10th percentile $31,200, 90th percentile $52,000)
- Projected growth: Slower than average, +1.5%
- Openings a year: 700
- Typical entry education: No formal credential
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCS)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 92 |
| Investigative (I) | 2 |
| Artistic (A) | 13 |
| Social (S) | 24 |
| Enterprising (E) | 6 |
| Conventional (C) | 41 |

## What you'd do

- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials (importance 80/100)
- Getting Information (importance 79/100)
- Performing General Physical Activities (importance 78/100)
- Controlling Machines and Processes (importance 77/100)
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work (importance 76/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 76/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 76/100)
- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment (importance 76/100)
- Handling and Moving Objects (importance 75/100)
- Training and Teaching Others (importance 73/100)

## 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

## 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

## Related careers

- [Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/helpers-brickmasons-blockmasons-stonemasons-and-tile-and-marble-setters): $47,550 median pay
- [Helpers--Carpenters](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/helpers-carpenters): $43,780 median pay
- [Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/helpers-pipelayers-plumbers-pipefitters-and-steamfitters): $42,360 median pay
- [Plasterers and Stucco Masons](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/plasterers-and-stucco-masons): $57,660 median pay
- [Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/helpers-installation-maintenance-and-repair-workers): $39,630 median pay
- [Painters, Construction and Maintenance](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/painters-construction-and-maintenance): $49,400 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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