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Exterior Painting Cost by City (2026)

Nationally, homeowners pay about $3,200 to paint a home exterior, ranging from $1,000 to $7,500. Prices swing with local labor and materials — pick your city for a localized estimate.

Low end$1,000
Average$3,200
High end$7,500

Figures reflect 2026 cost data from Angi, NerdWallet, HomeAdvisor, and other national cost-reporting sources, adjusted for local labor and material rates — see our full methodology.

Exterior Painting cost by city

New York, NY$4,500San Francisco, CA$4,650San Jose, CA$4,550Los Angeles, CA$4,200San Diego, CA$4,050Oakland, CA$4,300Sacramento, CA$3,800Fresno, CA$3,350Seattle, WA$4,200Spokane, WA$3,250Portland, OR$3,800Boston, MA$4,250Providence, RI$3,650Hartford, CT$3,600Newark, NJ$3,900Jersey City, NJ$3,950Philadelphia, PA$3,600Pittsburgh, PA$3,150Washington, DC$4,050Baltimore, MD$3,550Richmond, VA$3,250Virginia Beach, VA$3,200Chicago, IL$3,800Minneapolis, MN$3,600Milwaukee, WI$3,250Detroit, MI$3,200Columbus, OH$3,150Cleveland, OH$3,100Cincinnati, OH$3,100Indianapolis, IN$3,050Kansas City, MO$3,100St. Louis, MO$3,050Denver, CO$3,650Colorado Springs, CO$3,350Salt Lake City, UT$3,300Boise, ID$3,250Las Vegas, NV$3,350Reno, NV$3,450Phoenix, AZ$3,250Tucson, AZ$3,050Albuquerque, NM$2,950Austin, TX$3,450Dallas, TX$3,250Fort Worth, TX$3,200Houston, TX$3,200San Antonio, TX$3,050El Paso, TX$2,800Oklahoma City, OK$2,900Tulsa, OK$2,800Atlanta, GA$3,250Charlotte, NC$3,200Raleigh, NC$3,200Greensboro, NC$3,050Nashville, TN$3,300Memphis, TN$2,900Knoxville, TN$2,950Chattanooga, TN$2,900Louisville, KY$2,950Birmingham, AL$2,800Jacksonville, FL$3,150Orlando, FL$3,200Tampa, FL$3,200Miami, FL$3,650New Orleans, LA$3,150Baton Rouge, LA$2,900Little Rock, AR$2,800Wichita, KS$2,800Omaha, NE$3,050Des Moines, IA$3,050Buffalo, NY$3,150Rochester, NY$3,100Honolulu, HI$4,850Toledo, OH$3,050Akron, OH$3,100Dayton, OH$3,150Youngstown, OH$2,900Fort Wayne, IN$2,950Evansville, IN$2,900South Bend, IN$2,950Grand Rapids, MI$3,150Ann Arbor, MI$3,450Lansing, MI$3,050Flint, MI$2,950Madison, WI$3,250Green Bay, WI$3,100Lincoln, NE$2,950Sioux Falls, SD$3,050Fargo, ND$3,100Springfield, MO$2,900Columbia, MO$3,050Topeka, KS$2,800Cedar Rapids, IA$3,050St. Paul, MN$3,550Rochester, MN$3,200Peoria, IL$2,950Springfield, IL$2,950Rockford, IL$3,050Naperville, IL$3,600Fort Collins, CO$3,450Aurora, CO$3,550Provo, UT$3,200Ogden, UT$3,150Billings, MT$3,150Cheyenne, WY$3,100Eugene, OR$3,450Salem, OR$3,250Bend, OR$3,550Tacoma, WA$3,650Bellevue, WA$4,300Vancouver, WA$3,550Chandler, AZ$3,250Mesa, AZ$3,200Scottsdale, AZ$3,550Gilbert, AZ$3,300Henderson, NV$3,350Santa Fe, NM$3,200Las Cruces, NM$2,900Arlington, TX$3,200Plano, TX$3,350Frisco, TX$3,450Corpus Christi, TX$2,950Lubbock, TX$2,900Amarillo, TX$2,900Waco, TX$2,900McAllen, TX$2,800Savannah, GA$3,100Augusta, GA$2,950Athens, GA$3,050Durham, NC$3,200Winston-Salem, NC$3,050Fayetteville, NC$2,950Asheville, NC$3,250Cary, NC$3,250Columbia, SC$3,050Charleston, SC$3,250Greenville, SC$3,050Huntsville, AL$2,950Montgomery, AL$2,800Mobile, AL$2,900Jackson, MS$2,750Shreveport, LA$2,900Lafayette, LA$2,950Fort Lauderdale, FL$3,600St. Petersburg, FL$3,250Tallahassee, FL$3,100Fort Myers, FL$3,250Sarasota, FL$3,350Cape Coral, FL$3,200West Palm Beach, FL$3,600Clarksville, TN$2,950Murfreesboro, TN$3,150Lexington, KY$3,050Norfolk, VA$3,200Chesapeake, VA$3,200Roanoke, VA$3,050Frederick, MD$3,550Wilmington, DE$3,350Erie, PA$2,950Reading, PA$3,100Scranton, PA$3,050Lancaster, PA$3,150Allentown, PA$3,150Trenton, NJ$3,550Edison, NJ$3,850Paterson, NJ$3,800Camden, NJ$3,350Yonkers, NY$4,300Syracuse, NY$3,100Albany, NY$3,250Bridgeport, CT$3,650New Haven, CT$3,600Stamford, CT$4,300Worcester, MA$3,650Springfield, MA$3,350Cambridge, MA$4,300Manchester, NH$3,450Portland, ME$3,450Burlington, VT$3,550Warwick, RI$3,550

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Last updated: September 2026 · Pricing reviewed by the Project Pricer research team, using national cost-reporting data adjusted for local labor and material rates. See our methodology for sources, or contact us with corrections.