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Painter programs in New Mexico

0 registered apprenticeships and 10 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 New Mexico

$46,240median, per year

This is what painters, construction and maintenance earn across New Mexico, 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

Trade schools · 10

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

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