Owns a painting company serving homes, offices, or industrial clients.
You estimate a 3-story house repaint, schedule crews, check prep work, and meet a commercial client about painting a school over summer.
Income depends on crews and contracts.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 8 years after high school. Years of painting plus business and estimating skills.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Business Administration.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. AI color previews and instant quotes help sell jobs; managing painters, quality and customers stays human.
Classes: Business or marketing, Art, Algebra.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9021.
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