Commercial painting recruiters serving Ogden.
Aircraft-coatings work for Hill AFB is a real specialty niche; conventional commercial painting carries a solid regional premium.
The largest capital project in the area's history.
Metro pay for every role we recruit is in the table below. What the hub does name: Hill AFB's $1.2B East Campus Infrastructure project as the driver of aircraft-coatings demand.
We recruit across the full org chart for commercial painting contractors in Ogden against that documented context.
One named driver, one clear niche.
Named directly in the metro's own data.
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A 1 million sq ft modernization including a new maintenance hangar, composite repair facility, egress facility, canopy repair facility, and depot maintenance complex - the largest capital project in the Ogden area's history, and the named driver behind aircraft-coatings work.
What commercial painting roles pay in Ogden.
In the Ogden metro, BLS puts the median for painters, construction and maintenance at $47,590 a year, 4% below the $49,400 national median. Among the 112 metros BLS publishes for this occupation, Ogden ranks 65th on pay. The range runs from $36,940 at the 10th percentile to $73,090 at the 90th, so experience is priced well above the middle of the market. Of the other field roles, industrial coatings sprayer pays the most locally, at a $47,910 median. National benchmarks by role are in the 2026 Commercial Painting Salary Guide.
| Role | Ogden median | Typical range | National median | vs. national | Employed locally |
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| Commercial PainterPainters, Construction and Maintenance (47-2141) | $47,590 | $36,940–$73,090 | $49,400 | −4% | 600 |
| Painter HelperHelpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons (47-3014) | $37,470 | $36,190–$49,420 | $40,470 | −7% | 50 |
| Industrial Coatings SprayerCoating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (51-9124) | $47,910 | $36,450–$61,280 | $48,250 | −1% | 440 |
| Painting ForemanFirst-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (47-1011) | $76,620 | $53,340–$107,730 | $79,920 | −4% | – |
| EstimatorCost Estimators (13-1051) | $80,760 | $53,330–$131,300 | $78,740 | +3% | – |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Ogden 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 Ogden commercial painting hiring actually plays out in 2026.
Why we name Hill AFB specifically
Hill AFB's $1.2B East Campus project is named directly in the metro's own data as the driver behind the aircraft-coatings specialty niche.
Why the solid regional premium is honest context here
The hub is explicit: conventional commercial painting carries a solid regional premium, with aircraft-coatings work for Hill AFB as the named specialty exception above that baseline.
What this means for sourcing
We source against verified aircraft-coatings and federal-facility experience for the Hill AFB-adjacent roles, and standard commercial painting experience everywhere else.
Realistic timelines
Standard commercial painting roles: 4-6 weeks intake to signed offer. Aircraft-coatings specialty roles run longer given the smaller qualified pool and security-clearance requirements. First slate of vetted candidates within 48 hours regardless.
The commercial painting positions we fill, most often.
Across all Ogden commercial painting clients, these are the highest-volume roles we've recruited for in the last 24 months.
- Aircraft-coatings applicator (Hill AFB)
- Federal-facility coatings applicator
- Commercial painter
- Commercial painting project manager
For the broader picture across every commercial trade in Ogden, see the Ogden 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 Ogden, plainly.
Same approach we use in every market - but tuned for what works in Ogden's commercial painting segment specifically:
- Same-day intake call. We get the role, the project context, the budget, your dealbreakers. For Ogden painting work, we also confirm whether the role is aircraft-coatings or standard commercial scope.
- Candidate sourcing within 48 hours. We pull from our existing Ogden commercial painting candidate network, filtered for verified aircraft-coatings or federal-facility experience where relevant.
- Vetted short list (week one to several weeks). Three to five candidates. We verify real coatings history rather than a line on a resume.
- Offer and close. Standard roles close in 4-6 weeks. We help with offer math against Ogden's documented general context.
Ogden runs 53% more commercial painting workers per job than the country as a whole — well above the national concentration. More per job means more people to reach, and more employers reaching 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 Ogden's commercial painting market compares
In 2023 the Ogden metro had 6 nonresidential painting contractors (counted by business location). BLS publishes that count but withholds headcount and pay here, which it does when a category is small enough that the figures could identify individual employers. The number of these employers rose 20%, more firms competing for the same crews. That works out to 0.8 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.
Among the 100 metros we cover with published BLS figures, Ogden ranks 61st for headcount, 59th for median pay and 15th for concentration for painters, construction and maintenance.
| Metro | Employed | Median pay | Concentration | Commercial employers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City | 1,430 | $48,250 | 1.19 | 15 |
| Provo | 640 | $38,920 | 1.45 | 6 |
| Ogden | 600 | $47,590 | 1.53 | 6 |
BLS OEWS occupation figures and QCEW business-location counts; a dash means not published.
What this means for hiring:For commercial painting employers in Ogden, the local pool is deeper than most, so a well-run search can usually fill field roles from inside the metro.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Ogden metro. Employers are counted by business location.
How Ogden's commercial painting market has changed since 2018.
Ogden lost nonresidential painting contractors between 2018 and 2023, from 7 business locations to 6 (down 14%), behind the 4% national decline. With so few firms, one opening or closing moves that percentage a long way. How many people those 6 locations employ is not published: with a category this small, BLS would effectively be reporting individual employers' payrolls.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
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| Nonresidential painting contractors: business locations | 7 | 6 | −14% |
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 Ogden.
What is Ogden's named painting demand center?
Hill Air Force Base's $1.2B F-35/T-7A East Campus Infrastructure project - the largest capital project in the Ogden area's history, and named directly in the metro's own data as the driver of aircraft-coatings work.
Is commercial painting expensive to staff in Ogden?
Conventional commercial painting carries a solid regional premium here, with aircraft-coatings work for Hill AFB running above that.
What do painters, construction and maintenance earn in Ogden?
BLS puts the Ogden median for painters, construction and maintenance at $47,590 a year, 4% below the $49,400 national median. That ranks 65th of 112 metros with published figures, in the middle of the pack. Most of the market sits between $36,940 and $73,090, a 2.0x gap and a moderate spread, so a few thousand dollars over the median buys real experience. No other Utah metro we cover pays more for this work.
Is it hard to hire painters, construction and maintenance in Ogden?
Not by national standards. Painters, construction and maintenance make up 53% more of the Ogden workforce than they do nationally, about 600 people. There are 14% 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 Ogden?
Of the roles we recruit for, Estimator pays the most in Ogden, a $80,760 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Industrial Coatings Sprayer at $47,910, 41% below it. Painter Helper is the lowest-paid field role at $37,470. Painter Helper trails national pay the most (7% below).
How many nonresidential painting contractors operate in Ogden?
BLS counted 6 nonresidential painting contractors in Ogden in 2023. Down from 7 in 2018, a 14% decline against 4% decline nationally. BLS withholds their combined headcount and pay here, which it does when a category is small enough that the figures could identify individual employers.
Which nearby metros compete with Ogden for painters, construction and maintenance?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Salt Lake City (32 miles, about 1,430, $48,250 median), Provo (70 miles, about 640, $38,920 median) and Boise (272 miles, about 1,030, $45,500 median). Salt Lake City has the larger pool, so it is the first place to look for senior people willing to move. Ogden out-pays Provo, an advantage when recruiting from there.
Hiring commercial painting talent in Ogden?
Tell us the role. We'll tell you timeline and where we'd source the candidate - in under 30 minutes.