City of Memphis / General Services / Painter
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
8 employees hold this title in General Services. Median total compensation for the role is $71,898, above the department median of $68,179.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 8 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR area, the median wage for Painters, Construction and Maintenance — about 590 people — is $44,620. General Services pays a median base salary of $71,898 for this role, 61% above that figure — above the 90th 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows General Services’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. General Services’s median base salary is 46% above that national figure, about the 84th 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at General Services is $71,898, 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 City of Memphis departments. In General Services, the median of $71,898 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Painter role in other City of Memphisdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 28 jurisdictions. In City of Memphis, the median of $71,898 ranks #14 of 28. See Painter across all of City of Memphis →
Median total compensation for comparable Painterroles 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.
Record list
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Painter/General Services
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Derrick Carter works as a Painter for General Services. Derrick earned $71,898 in 2025.
Painter/General Services
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Eddie Freeman works as a Painter for General Services. Eddie earned $71,898 in 2025.
Painter/General Services
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David Kohn works as a Painter for General Services. David earned $71,898 in 2025.
Painter/General Services
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Derico Matthews holds the role of Painter at General Services. In 2025, their total compensation was $71,898.
Painter/General Services
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Everett Sims holds the role of Painter at General Services. In 2025, their total compensation was $71,898.