Painters, Construction and Maintenance Salary — Wheeling, West Virginia

The average Painters, Construction and Maintenance in Wheeling, West Virginia earns $51,590 a year.

$51,590 / year, mean
↓ 7.7% below national average 100th percentile in West Virginia

Wheeling sits at the very top of the range for this role in West Virginia — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for painters, construction and maintenance — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within West Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
60
Estimate confidence
RSE 5.8%
Cost of living 88 #176 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1318 #1 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $141,852 #185 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $58,705 #171 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Wheeling ranks #176 for cost of living and #185 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Champaign $73,490 Rockford $72,850 Chicago $70,720 San Francisco $70,530 New York $69,930 San Jose $69,260 Bremerton $68,030 Peoria $67,300 Vallejo $67,290 Santa Rosa $66,600 Springfield $66,310 Binghamton $64,470 Trenton $64,450 Bakersfield $64,380 Napa $64,170 Santa Cruz $63,120 Sacramento $62,900 San Luis Obispo $62,490 Elmira $62,410 Seattle $62,400 Hanford $62,260 Olympia $61,870 Los Angeles $61,800 Kennewick $60,770 Ann Arbor $60,720 Salinas $60,440 El Centro $59,900 San Diego $59,820 Flint $59,390 Redding $59,390 Detroit $59,230 Longview $59,060 Bellingham $58,810 Ithaca $58,760 Buffalo $58,670 Kiryas Joel $58,470 Santa Maria $58,430 Mount Vernon $58,400 Saginaw $58,290 Yuba City $58,270 Oxnard $58,170 Albany $58,120 Merced $58,070 Chambersburg $57,990 Philadelphia $57,810 Kingston $57,760 Lansing $57,460 Bay City $57,050 Riverside $56,890 Columbus $56,400 Fresno $56,360 Portland $56,330 Spokane $55,870 Atlantic City $55,690 Modesto $55,630 Stockton $55,630 Baltimore $55,410 Syracuse $55,220 Wenatchee $54,500 Traverse City $54,200 Michigan City $53,940 Allentown $53,890 Harrisburg $53,730 Utica $53,730 Louisville $53,620 Lexington Park $53,580 Rochester $53,530 Bloomington $53,520 Indianapolis $53,450 Pittsburgh $53,370 Evansville $53,170 Grand Rapids $53,030 Decatur $52,890 Glens Falls $52,840 Walla Walla $52,680 Bloomington $52,500 Chico $52,490 Niles $52,240 York $52,190 Reading $51,950 Lancaster $51,810 Wheeling $51,590 Muncie $51,440 Yakima $51,430 Bend $51,290 Muskegon $51,110 Weirton $51,100 Watertown $51,010 Palm Bay $50,970 South Bend $50,900 Scranton $50,770 Kalamazoo $50,740 Fort Wayne $50,700 Lexington $50,630 Miami $50,610 Elkhart $50,370 Salem $50,360 Vineland $50,210 Virginia Beach $50,180 Grants Pass $49,890 Lebanon $49,820 Naples $49,740 Medford $49,630 Visalia $49,550 Jacksonville $49,410 Crestview $49,330 Albany $49,150 Owensboro $49,120 Corvallis $49,080 Salisbury $49,000 Dover $48,910 Longview $48,820 Texarkana $48,410 Odessa $48,330 Erie $48,310 Tampa $48,180 State College $48,090 Altoona $47,970 Corpus Christi $47,960 Johnstown $47,930 Eugene $47,870 Port St. Lucie $47,820 Richmond $47,810 Charlottesville $47,610 Sebastian $47,540 Williamsport $47,530 Sarasota $47,520 Punta Gorda $47,350 Terre Haute $47,340 Charleston $47,320 Gainesville $47,320 Midland $47,220 Fort Myers $47,140 Houston $47,070 Huntington $47,060 Austin $46,990 Dallas $46,740 Waco $46,680 Roanoke $46,530 Sebring $46,440 Paducah $46,300 Hagerstown $46,110 Lafayette $46,090 Beaumont $46,070 Deltona $46,010 Orlando $45,980 Pensacola $45,890 Ocala $45,880 Lakeland $45,760 Wildwood $45,420 Bowling Green $45,330 Homosassa Springs $44,900 San Antonio $44,480 Killeen $44,390 Panama City $44,390 Winchester $44,000 Tallahassee $43,890 San Angelo $43,650 College Station $43,370 McAllen $43,060 Harrisonburg $42,750 Amarillo $42,490 Lynchburg $42,100 Lubbock $41,930 Victoria $41,820 Blacksburg $41,580 Abilene $41,410 Tyler $41,290 Brownsville $39,740 El Paso $38,840 Laredo $37,660 Morgantown $35,370
CityMean salaryvs. Wheeling
Abilene, Texas$41,410-19.7%
Albany, Oregon$49,150-4.7%
Albany, New York$58,120+12.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$53,890+4.5%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$47,970-7.0%
Amarillo, Texas$42,490-17.6%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$60,720+17.7%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$55,690+7.9%
Austin, Texas$46,990-8.9%
Bakersfield, California$64,380+24.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$55,410+7.4%
Bay City, Michigan$57,050+10.6%
Beaumont, Texas$46,070-10.7%
Bellingham, Washington$58,810+14.0%
Bend, Oregon$51,290-0.6%
Binghamton, New York$64,470+25.0%
Blacksburg, Virginia$41,580-19.4%
Bloomington, Illinois$53,520+3.7%
Bloomington, Indiana$52,500+1.8%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$45,330-12.1%
Bremerton, Washington$68,030+31.9%
Brownsville, Texas$39,740-23.0%
Buffalo, New York$58,670+13.7%
Fort Myers, Florida$47,140-8.6%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$57,990+12.4%
Champaign, Illinois$73,490+42.5%
Charleston, West Virginia$47,320-8.3%
Charlottesville, Virginia$47,610-7.7%
Chicago, Illinois$70,720+37.1%
Chico, California$52,490+1.7%
College Station, Texas$43,370-15.9%
Columbus, Indiana$56,400+9.3%
Corpus Christi, Texas$47,960-7.0%
Corvallis, Oregon$49,080-4.9%
Crestview, Florida$49,330-4.4%
Dallas, Texas$46,740-9.4%
Decatur, Illinois$52,890+2.5%
Deltona, Florida$46,010-10.8%
Detroit, Michigan$59,230+14.8%
Dover, Delaware$48,910-5.2%
El Centro, California$59,900+16.1%
Elkhart, Indiana$50,370-2.4%
Elmira, New York$62,410+21.0%
El Paso, Texas$38,840-24.7%
Erie, Pennsylvania$48,310-6.4%
Eugene, Oregon$47,870-7.2%
Evansville, Indiana$53,170+3.1%
Flint, Michigan$59,390+15.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$50,700-1.7%
Fresno, California$56,360+9.2%
Gainesville, Florida$47,320-8.3%
Glens Falls, New York$52,840+2.4%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$53,030+2.8%
Grants Pass, Oregon$49,890-3.3%
Hagerstown, Maryland$46,110-10.6%
Hanford, California$62,260+20.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$53,730+4.1%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$42,750-17.1%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$44,900-13.0%
Houston, Texas$47,070-8.8%
Huntington, West Virginia$47,060-8.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$53,450+3.6%
Ithaca, New York$58,760+13.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$49,410-4.2%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$47,930-7.1%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$50,740-1.6%
Kennewick, Washington$60,770+17.8%
Killeen, Texas$44,390-14.0%
Kingston, New York$57,760+12.0%
Kiryas Joel, New York$58,470+13.3%
Lafayette, Indiana$46,090-10.7%
Lakeland, Florida$45,760-11.3%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$51,810+0.4%
Lansing, Michigan$57,460+11.4%
Laredo, Texas$37,660-27.0%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$49,820-3.4%
Lexington, Kentucky$50,630-1.9%
Lexington Park, Maryland$53,580+3.9%
Longview, Texas$48,820-5.4%
Longview, Washington$59,060+14.5%
Los Angeles, California$61,800+19.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$53,620+3.9%
Lubbock, Texas$41,930-18.7%
Lynchburg, Virginia$42,100-18.4%
McAllen, Texas$43,060-16.5%
Medford, Oregon$49,630-3.8%
Merced, California$58,070+12.6%
Miami, Florida$50,610-1.9%
Michigan City, Indiana$53,940+4.6%
Midland, Texas$47,220-8.5%
Modesto, California$55,630+7.8%
Morgantown, West Virginia$35,370-31.4%
Mount Vernon, Washington$58,400+13.2%
Muncie, Indiana$51,440-0.3%
Muskegon, Michigan$51,110-0.9%
Napa, California$64,170+24.4%
Naples, Florida$49,740-3.6%
New York, New York$69,930+35.5%
Niles, Michigan$52,240+1.3%
Sarasota, Florida$47,520-7.9%
Ocala, Florida$45,880-11.1%
Odessa, Texas$48,330-6.3%
Olympia, Washington$61,870+19.9%
Orlando, Florida$45,980-10.9%
Owensboro, Kentucky$49,120-4.8%
Oxnard, California$58,170+12.8%
Paducah, Kentucky$46,300-10.3%
Palm Bay, Florida$50,970-1.2%
Panama City, Florida$44,390-14.0%
Pensacola, Florida$45,890-11.0%
Peoria, Illinois$67,300+30.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$57,810+12.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$53,370+3.5%
Portland, Oregon$56,330+9.2%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$47,820-7.3%
Punta Gorda, Florida$47,350-8.2%
Reading, Pennsylvania$51,950+0.7%
Redding, California$59,390+15.1%
Richmond, Virginia$47,810-7.3%
Riverside, California$56,890+10.3%
Roanoke, Virginia$46,530-9.8%
Rochester, New York$53,530+3.8%
Rockford, Illinois$72,850+41.2%
Sacramento, California$62,900+21.9%
Saginaw, Michigan$58,290+13.0%
Salem, Oregon$50,360-2.4%
Salinas, California$60,440+17.2%
Salisbury, Maryland$49,000-5.0%
San Angelo, Texas$43,650-15.4%
San Antonio, Texas$44,480-13.8%
San Diego, California$59,820+16.0%
San Francisco, California$70,530+36.7%
San Jose, California$69,260+34.3%
San Luis Obispo, California$62,490+21.1%
Santa Cruz, California$63,120+22.3%
Santa Maria, California$58,430+13.3%
Santa Rosa, California$66,600+29.1%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$50,770-1.6%
Seattle, Washington$62,400+21.0%
Sebastian, Florida$47,540-7.9%
Sebring, Florida$46,440-10.0%
South Bend, Indiana$50,900-1.3%
Spokane, Washington$55,870+8.3%
Springfield, Illinois$66,310+28.5%
State College, Pennsylvania$48,090-6.8%
Stockton, California$55,630+7.8%
Syracuse, New York$55,220+7.0%
Tallahassee, Florida$43,890-14.9%
Tampa, Florida$48,180-6.6%
Terre Haute, Indiana$47,340-8.2%
Texarkana, Texas$48,410-6.2%
Traverse City, Michigan$54,200+5.1%
Trenton, New Jersey$64,450+24.9%
Tyler, Texas$41,290-20.0%
Utica, New York$53,730+4.1%
Vallejo, California$67,290+30.4%
Victoria, Texas$41,820-18.9%
Vineland, New Jersey$50,210-2.7%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$50,180-2.7%
Visalia, California$49,550-4.0%
Waco, Texas$46,680-9.5%
Walla Walla, Washington$52,680+2.1%
Watertown, New York$51,010-1.1%
Weirton, West Virginia$51,100-0.9%
Wenatchee, Washington$54,500+5.6%
Wildwood, Florida$45,420-12.0%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$47,530-7.9%
Winchester, Virginia$44,000-14.7%
Yakima, Washington$51,430-0.3%
York, Pennsylvania$52,190+1.2%
Yuba City, California$58,270+12.9%
Gross salary
51,590/yr
Estimated take-home
42,121/yr
Est. total withheld
18.4%

Single filer, federal + West Virginia state tax + FICA, 2026 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 47-2141 SOC code
Official area Wheeling, WV-OH BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 48540 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wv_tax_division_verificado 2026
Multi-state area: WV;OH
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
138,015