We Compared 6 Published Painting Cost Guides

$3,500 – $10,000 · $7,500 national average source

Minimum $2,000, maximum $15,000. Byline date August 28, 2023.

$965 – $3,089 · $2,022 national average source

The same page also prints a full range of $350 to $5,800. Updated July 9, 2026.

$965 – $3,089 · $2,022 national average source

Identical to Angi. The two brands are one company publishing one dataset.

$12,648 – $23,540 · no single average published source

Priced on total home floor area for a prime, paint and seal scope, not walls only.

$1,800 – $10,000 · no single average published source

Updated April 20, 2026. Also stated as $1 to $4 per square foot of floor space.

$3 – $7 source

The same page separately publishes $1 to $3 per square foot of surface area, a different basis.

$2 – $6 source

Also stated as $2.75 per square foot for walls and $4.70 for walls, trim and ceilings.

$2 – $6 source

Same three framings as Angi, on the same shared dataset.

$5.75 – $10.70 source

Includes standard prep in the rate, which is why it sits above everyone else.

$2 – $6 source

Published on the room guide; matches the Angi and HomeAdvisor rate exactly.

$1 – $4 source

The page warns that contractor minimums mean this rate does not scale down to one room.

$350 – $850 source

$300 – $750 source

$240 – $720 source

Published against a stated 120 square foot bedroom.

$600 – $1,240 source

$300 – $750 source

Published for a 10 by 12 foot bedroom.

$300 – $800 source

Against an average 132 square foot bedroom; a large primary runs up to $1,500.

$1.50 – $5 source

$1.50 – $4 source

Labor alone $1 to $3.50 per square foot, or $25 to $100 per hour per painter.

$1.50 – $4 source

Prep work broken out at $0.50 to $2.50 per square foot.

$2.84 – $5.28 source

$0.50 – $4 source

The only guide in the set with a floor below $1.50.

$2.20 – $4.40 source

$3,000 – $10,000 source

Stated for a 2,000 square foot house. The size table on the same page puts 2,000 square feet at $2,600 to $8,500.

$1,819 – $4,551 · $3,177 national average source

The same page also prints a full range of $600 to $7,700.

$1,819 – $4,551 · $3,177 national average source

Identical to Angi.

$6,242 – $11,617 source

Stated for a 2,200 square foot house.

$1,811 – $4,435 · $3,087 national average source

$4,400 – $8,800 · $6,600 average project source

Stated for a 2,000 square foot house.

$2,000 – $6,500 source

Small kitchen $1,000 to $3,500, large $5,000 to $10,000. The same site's room guide prices identical work at $900 to $3,800.

$425 – $1,466 · $942 national average source

Outer bounds published as $180 for a small DIY job to $3,200 professional.

$425 – $1,466 · $942 national average source

Also $3 to $10 per square foot and $30 to $60 per linear foot.

$2,500 – $6,500 · $4,000 national average source

$422 – $1,415 · $895 national average source

$900 – $3,500 source

Published inside the interior painting guide; there is no standalone cabinet cost page.

$1,500 – $4,500 source

Staining $4 to $15 per square foot; glazing $10 to $25.

$1,990 – $4,497 · $3,114 national average source

Updated December 16, 2024 and still labelled 2025 data, the oldest cabinet page in the set.

$1,993 – $4,495 · $3,116 national average source

Three dollars apart from its Angi twin, which means one page was refreshed and the other was not.

$1,500 – $5,000 · $2,975 national average source

Reproduces the HomeAdvisor per-method table figure for figure, so it is not an independent reading.

$2 – $7 · $1,600 national average source

Published as $1.50 to $5.00 without staining and $2 to $7 with staining.

$3 – $8 · $1,890 national average source

Dustless method $5 to $8.

$3 – $8 · $1,891 national average source

One dollar apart from its Angi twin.

$3 – $8 · $1,200 national average source

$3 – $8 · $1,869 national average source

$3 – $8 · $1,800 average project source

Its own square-footage table prices 1,000 square feet at $5,672 to $6,819, which this rate cannot produce.

$1.57 – $4.04 · $730 national average source

Cost-calculator total; the hero callout rounds the same figure to $1.50 to $4.

$2 – $4 · $850 national average source

$1 – $4 · $850 national average source

Labor alone $1 to $2.50 per square foot.

$2 – $5 · $750 national average source

Benchmarked to a 14 by 18 foot deck including cleaning and sealing.

$2 – $4 · $775 national average source

$3 – $7 source

Not counted: Published for deck refinishing, not staining. Different scope, so it is not counted in the spread.

$300 – $1,500 source

Small holes $300 to $500; ceilings $350 to $1,500 and up. Minimum job fee $350 to $650 and up.

$296 – $928 · $612 national average source

Full published range $150 to $2,000.

$296 – $928 · $612 national average source

$200 – $550 · $350 national average source

Benchmarked to multiple holes and cracks in a single room.

$200 – $550 source

A how-to page rather than a cost guide; the range matches Fixr exactly.

$450 – $2,000 source

For a whole house; a single room is published at $75 to $300.

$3 – $8 source

Stated only for larger repairs spanning rooms or replacing whole sheets. The one rate in this row that survives multiplication.

$50 – $75 source

Not counted: The same page's table prices 20 square feet at $1,000 to $1,500, so the label is being applied to whole patches, not area.

$50 – $80 source

Not counted: Irreconcilable with the same page's $296 to $928 job range and $612 average.

$60 – $80 source

Not counted: The same section states drywall repairs are not often charged by the square foot but by the hour, and the figure equals the page's hourly rate.

$50 – $80 source

Not counted: The same page prints this figure three ways: with no unit at all, per square foot, and as a flat job cost.

$2,000 – $9,000 · $5,500 national average source

Not counted: Benchmarked to 1,000 to 1,500 square feet of ceiling with refinishing, not a single room, so it is not counted in the spread.

$932 – $3,086 · $2,007 national average source

$932 – $3,088 · $2,010 national average source

Two dollars apart from its Angi twin.

$900 – $2,500 · $1,700 national average source

Benchmarked to a 10 by 30 foot room refinished smooth.

$923 – $3,006 · $1,961 national average source

$2,000 – $2,000 · $2,000 average source

A single average with no range, attributed on the page to HomeAdvisor. Published in 2024.

$4 – $10 source

Materials $1 to $3, labor $3 to $7.

$3 – $8 · $600 national average source

$1 – $7 · $567 national average source

Not counted: Installation labor only, excluding the wallpaper itself, so it is not on the same basis as the rest of the row.

$3.70 – $8.20 · $1,000 national average source

Vinyl-coated paper, labor plus materials.

$4.99 – $10.53 source

From Homewyse, its data partner; This Old House publishes no installation cost of its own. May 2026 figure.

$4 – $10 source

Page-wide coating range is $4 to $12 across epoxy, polyurea and polyaspartic.

$2 – $12 · $2,524 national average source

Updated August 3, 2026, the freshest page in the set. The same page prints its project range backwards as $5,800 to $750.

$10 – $15 source

Two to three times every other guide. Its two-car garage figure is $5,750 to $8,625. Pricing dated January 31, 2025.

$3 – $12 · $2,441 national average source

$3 – $12 source

DIY published separately at $2 to $5 per square foot.

$1 – $4 · $1,000 for 500 linear feet source

The same site's brick guide publishes $1 to $6 for exterior trim.

$1 – $6 · $1,000 average, $700 to $2,500 normal range source

Updated January 5, 2024, the oldest page in the set. Two other Angi pages publish $1 to $3 for the same work.

$1 – $4 · $1,000 average, $700 to $2,500 normal range source

$1 – $6 · $1,500 national average source

Baseboards specifically $1 to $4.

$1 – $6 source

Published inside the exterior painting guide; there is no standalone trim cost page.

$1 – $3 source

Homewyse, its data partner, publishes baseboards at $2.30 to $4.88 per linear foot.

$1.50 – $4.50 · $5,000 average, $2,000 to $8,000 typical source

The only guide in the set that publishes a professional limewash price: $1.50 to $5.00 per square foot, $1,500 to $6,700 typical.

$1.40 – $4.20 · $7,000 average, $3,500 to $10,500 typical source

Publishes a limewash average of $2,000. Its own exterior page lists brick at $1.50 to $4.50, which does not match this page.

$1.40 – $4.20 · $7,000 average source

Describes limewash qualitatively but publishes no price for it, unlike its Angi twin.

$2.40 – $4.20 source

Its limewash page prices DIY supplies only, at $10 to $80 for a whole house, with no professional rate.

$2.60 – $5 source

From the siding-type table. Homewyse publishes $2.62 to $4.93. Neither prices limewash.