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Painter programs in California

3 registered apprenticeships and 57 trade schools. Apprenticeships are listed first because they pay you while you train. That order never changes, and nobody can buy a place in it.

What the job pays in California

$59,020median, per year

This is what painters, construction and maintenance earn across California, half above and half below. It is an experienced-worker figure, not a starting wage. Nationally the median is $49,400.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, SOC 47-2141 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26

Also registered in California · 3

3 more sponsors appear in the federal register for this trade. It records that they exist and where, and nothing about pay, cost or intake. To reach one, search its name on the apprenticeship.gov partner finder, or call your state apprenticeship office.

Trade schools · 57

You pay for these, and most students are not earning while they study.

How to actually get in

Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.

Applying for a painter apprenticeship

60 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.