Painting & Walls

What painting & walls work actually costs

Across the painting & walls projects priced here, jobs run from $150 at the low end to $11,000 at the top. The cheapest thing on this page is drywall repair; the most expensive is interior painting.

Most of this work is priced by the painter doing it: labor is about 60% of the typical bill in this category. That is the part that changes when you change cities, which is why two identical quotes in different metros can be hundreds apart on the same materials. Every guide below carries its own city-by-city breakdown built from BLS wage data.

Ranges are typical all-in costs for a standard job, not quotes. Read the individual guide for the tier breakdown, what drives the price on that specific project, and where the money is worth spending. See how we build these numbers.