Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Paperhangers
Paperhangers cover interior walls or ceilings of rooms with decorative wallpaper or fabric, or attach advertising posters on surfaces such as walls and billboards. May remove old materials or prepare surfaces to be papered.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Paperhangers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $27,070 to $34,390 per year or $13 to $17 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Paperhangers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $44 | $91,340 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $27 | $55,550 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $21 | $43,560 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $17 | $34,390 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $13 | $27,070 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
MA | $40 | $82,690 |
CA | $31 | $63,930 |
NY | $29 | $60,380 |
OR | $28 | $59,010 |
FL | $23 | $47,880 |
TX | $22 | $44,740 |
NJ | $21 | $43,980 |
PA | $21 | $42,970 |
OH | $21 | $42,880 |
MO | $19 | $39,280 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Paperhanger is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like MA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at MA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Paperhangers are in the states of MA, CA, NY, OR and FL.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
Nonresidential Building Construction | $87990 | $42.30 |
Building Finishing Contractors | $63650 | $30.60 |
Employment Services | $49350 | $23.73 |
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing | $43630 | $20.98 |
Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services | $38860 | $18.68 |