Painting labor hours calculator

Turn square footage into hours and crew days using production rates instead of guesswork.

How this is calculated

Total area is your surface area times the number of coats. Brush and roll work moves at roughly 175 square feet an hour and spraying at roughly 650, before masking. Textured or rough surfaces cut those rates by about a fifth. Hours are then divided across the painters on site and an eight-hour day to give crew days. These are application rates only — add your own time for setup, masking, cut-in detail, and cleanup.

Estimates only. Real pricing depends on your prep, your paint, your crew, and your market.

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