Louisville Metro, Kentucky / Public Works / Painter
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
5 employees hold this title in Public Works. Median total compensation for the role is $53,399, above the department median of $47,878.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN area, the median wage for Painters, Construction and Maintenance — about 590 people — is $48,920. Public Works pays a median base salary of $51,499 for this role, 5% above that figure — about the 56th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Painters, Construction and Maintenance across every employer in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Works’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Painters, Construction and Maintenance — about 225,190 people — is $49,400. Public Works’s median base salary is 4% above that national figure, about the 54th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 4 of 5 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works is $53,399, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Painter is held in 2 Louisville Metro, Kentucky departments. In Public Works, the median of $53,399 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Painter role in other Louisville Metro, Kentuckydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 28 jurisdictions. In Louisville Metro, Kentucky, the median of $31,228 ranks #23 of 28. See Painter across all of Louisville Metro, Kentucky →
Median total compensation for comparable Painter roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Record list
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Painter/Public Works
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Deon Clark is a Painter at Public Works. 2021 total compensation came to $74,025.
Painter/Public Works
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Thomas Blakemore works as a Painter for Public Works. Thomas earned $54,782 in 2021.
Painter/Public Works
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At Public Works, Julia Davis serves as a Painter. Their 2021 pay totaled $53,399.
Painter/Public Works
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Brian Owsley works as a Painter for Public Works. Brian earned $43,086 in 2021.
Painter/Public Works
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At Public Works, Paul Gamez serves as a Painter. Their 2021 pay totaled $6,479.