Commercial painting recruiters serving Augusta.
Standard commercial painting demand runs at a regional discount, with federal-facility and healthcare-facility coatings as smaller specialty niches.
A $2B+ military construction program.
Metro pay for every role we recruit is in the table below. What the hub does name: Fort Eisenhower as the driver of federal-facility coatings, and Wellstar Hospital as the driver of healthcare-facility coatings.
We recruit across the full org chart for commercial painting contractors in Augusta against that documented context.
Two named drivers, two different scopes.
Both named directly in the metro's own data.
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80+ projects planned including the Georgia Cyber Innovation & Training Center - the named driver behind federal-facility coatings.
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100 inpatient beds, emergency department, and operating rooms - the named driver behind healthcare-facility coatings.
What commercial painting roles pay in Augusta.
In the Augusta metro, BLS puts the median for painters, construction and maintenance at $41,090 a year, 17% below the $49,400 national median. Among the 112 metros BLS publishes for this occupation, Augusta ranks 105th on pay. Most of the market sits between $32,000 and $54,570. Of the other field roles, industrial coatings sprayer pays the most locally, at a $44,920 median. BLS does not publish Augusta pay for painter helper, which it withholds where a metro's sample is too small to be reliable. National benchmarks by role are in the 2026 Commercial Painting Salary Guide.
| Role | Augusta median | Typical range | National median | vs. national | Employed locally |
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| Commercial PainterPainters, Construction and Maintenance (47-2141) | $41,090 | $32,000–$54,570 | $49,400 | −17% | 150 |
| Painter HelperHelpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons (47-3014) | – | – | $40,470 | – | – |
| Industrial Coatings SprayerCoating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (51-9124) | $44,920 | $32,220–$61,550 | $48,250 | −7% | 250 |
| Painting ForemanFirst-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (47-1011) | $74,360 | $50,640–$99,910 | $79,920 | −7% | – |
| EstimatorCost Estimators (13-1051) | $68,550 | $46,970–$129,310 | $78,740 | −13% | – |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Augusta metro. Range is 10th to 90th percentile. Headcount is shown for field occupations only; management, estimating and supervisory codes are counted across every industry in the metro.
What candidates expect. What credentials matter. What kills offers.
We don't tell prospective clients who their competitors are hiring - that's a discipline our clients value, and we'll honor it on a call. What we will share publicly: how Augusta commercial painting hiring actually plays out in 2026.
Why we name Fort Eisenhower and Wellstar Hospital specifically
Both are named directly in the metro's own data as drivers behind the two real specialty niches: federal-facility and healthcare-facility coatings.
Why the regional discount is the honest baseline here
The hub is explicit: standard commercial painting demand runs at a regional discount, with these two projects as the named exceptions.
What this means for sourcing
We source against verified federal-facility coatings experience for Fort Eisenhower-adjacent roles, and healthcare-facility coatings experience for Wellstar-adjacent roles.
Realistic timelines
Standard commercial painting roles: 4-6 weeks intake to signed offer. Federal-facility or healthcare-facility specialty roles run longer given the smaller qualified pool and clearance requirements. First slate of vetted candidates within 48 hours regardless.
The commercial painting positions we fill, most often.
Across all Augusta commercial painting clients, these are the highest-volume roles we've recruited for in the last 24 months.
- Federal-facility coatings applicator (cleared)
- Healthcare-facility coatings applicator (hospital)
- Commercial painter
- Commercial painting project manager
For the broader picture across every commercial trade in Augusta, see the Augusta metro overview. To learn more about commercial painting generally (across all 100+ markets we serve), see our Commercial Painting industry page.
How we recruit commercial painting in Augusta, plainly.
Same approach we use in every market - but tuned for what works in Augusta's commercial painting segment specifically:
- Same-day intake call. We get the role, the project context, the budget, your dealbreakers. For Augusta painting work, we also confirm whether federal clearance or healthcare-facility experience is required.
- Candidate sourcing within 48 hours. We pull from our existing Augusta commercial painting candidate network, filtered for verified federal-facility or healthcare-facility coatings experience where relevant.
- Vetted short list (week one to several weeks). Three to five candidates. We verify real coatings history and clearance status rather than a line on a resume.
- Offer and close. Standard roles close in 4-6 weeks; cleared or healthcare-facility specialty roles can run longer. We help with offer math against Augusta's documented general context.
Augusta runs 57% fewer commercial painting workers per job than the country as a whole — well below the national concentration. Fewer per job means the people you want are already working, and usually for someone who would rather keep them.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 , Painters, Construction and Maintenance. Metro-wide figures for the base occupation; the wage table above is role-specific and commercial.
How Augusta's commercial painting market compares
In 2023 the Augusta metro had 7 nonresidential painting contractors (counted by business location), with about 209 people on their payrolls. Average pay at those firms was $83,111, 22.7% above the national average of $67,733 for the same kind of employer. Headcount fell 5.9% over the year, in step with a 1.9% national decline. The number of these employers fell 30%, as firms merged, closed or moved out. That works out to 1.1 per 100,000 residents against 2.0 nationally. Fewer local employers means experienced people are easier to identify, but many work for firms based outside the metro. These firms account for 1.5% of all construction employment in the metro.
Among the 100 metros we cover with published BLS figures, Augusta ranks 97th for headcount, 93rd for median pay and 95th for concentration for painters, construction and maintenance. That makes it one of the thinnest commercial painting labor markets we recruit in.
| Metro | Employed | Median pay | Concentration | Commercial employers |
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| Atlanta | 1,340 | $49,570 | 0.32 | 107 |
| Augusta | 150 | $41,090 | 0.43 | 7 |
BLS OEWS occupation figures and QCEW business-location counts; a dash means not published.
What this means for hiring:For commercial painting employers in Augusta, the local pool is thin and local employers have been cutting headcount. Senior hires often come from outside the metro or from adjacent trades, so start searches earlier than you would elsewhere.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Augusta metro. Employers are counted by business location.
How Augusta's commercial painting market has changed since 2018.
Augusta lost nonresidential painting contractors between 2018 and 2023, from 8 business locations to 7 (down 12%), behind the 4% national decline. With so few firms, one opening or closing moves that percentage a long way.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
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| Nonresidential painting contractors: business locations | 8 | 7 | −12% |
| Nonresidential painting contractors: employment | – | 209 | – |
| Nonresidential painting contractors: average annual pay | – | $83,111 | – |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private employers, annual averages. A dash means BLS did not publish the figure.
Frequently asked — commercial painting hiring in Augusta.
What are Augusta's named painting demand centers?
The $2B+ Fort Eisenhower construction program for federal-facility coatings, and Wellstar Hospital for healthcare-facility coatings - both named directly in the metro's own data.
Is commercial painting inexpensive to staff in Augusta?
Standard commercial painting runs at a regional discount, outside the Fort Eisenhower and Wellstar Hospital niches.
What do painters, construction and maintenance earn in Augusta?
BLS puts the Augusta median for painters, construction and maintenance at $41,090 a year, 17% below the $49,400 national median. That ranks 105th of 112 metros with published figures, in the bottom quarter. Most of the market sits between $32,000 and $54,570, a 1.7x gap and a moderate spread, so a few thousand dollars over the median buys real experience. Within Georgia, Atlanta pays more, at $49,570.
Is it hard to hire painters, construction and maintenance in Augusta?
Yes. Augusta has 57% fewer painters, construction and maintenance per job than the country as a whole, roughly 150 in the metro, so most of the people worth hiring are already employed. The 7 nonresidential painting contractors here average about 30 employees per location. There are 12% fewer of those firms than in 2018, so experienced people have fewer local employers to move between.
Which commercial painting roles pay the most in Augusta?
Of the roles we recruit for, Painting Foreman pays the most in Augusta, a $74,360 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Industrial Coatings Sprayer at $44,920, 40% below it. Commercial Painter is the lowest-paid field role at $41,090. Commercial Painter trails national pay the most (17% below).
How many nonresidential painting contractors operate in Augusta?
BLS counted 7 nonresidential painting contractors in Augusta in 2023, employing about 209 people between them. Down from 8 in 2018, a 12% decline against 4% decline nationally. That averages 30 people per location. They pay an average of $83,111, 23% above the $67,733 national average for the same kind of employer.
Which nearby metros compete with Augusta for painters, construction and maintenance?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Columbia (65 miles, about 220, $46,740 median), Greenville (98 miles, about 410, $38,660 median) and Charleston (128 miles, about 410, $47,510 median). Greenville has the larger pool, so it is the first place to look for senior people willing to move. Columbia pays 14% more, which is where Augusta employers tend to lose people.
Hiring commercial painting talent in Augusta?
Tell us the role. We'll tell you timeline and where we'd source the candidate - in under 30 minutes.