Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons job market in Kentucky
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
The headline
Kentucky industry employment changed 2.6 percentage points above the U.S. benchmark
A data-driven view of the industries that employ Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons in Kentucky.
Verified snapshot
Market at a Glance
Key changes in Kentucky’s weighted industry mix.
Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Published coverage: 12,167 represented establishments, 95.83% of the published industry mix.
Latest interpretation
What stands out for helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons in Kentucky
The clearest signals from the latest validated state industry data available for this page.
Kentucky leads the U.S. on weighted-industry employment
Employment across the industries associated with Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons changed +4.0% year over year in Kentucky, 2.6 percentage points above the national change of +1.3%. This is weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment.
BLS QCEW weighted industry contextGrowth is broad across the leading industry groups
All 2 leading weighted industry groups with published values reported employment growth. Construction was strongest at +4.1%.
BLS QCEW weighted industry contextIndustry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score.
Employment trends
Kentucky industry employment over time
Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.
- Kentucky · 2026 Q1+4.0%
- U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+1.3%
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| Quarter | Kentucky | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | +4.5% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | +4.3% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | +0.3% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | -2.6% | 100% |
| 2025 Q2 | -0.7% | 100% |
| 2025 Q3 | -1.0% | 100% |
| 2025 Q4 | +1.7% | 100% |
| 2026 Q1 | +4.0% | 100% |
How to read this chart
State trend and national reference
The solid line follows Kentucky’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.
- Published quarters
- 8
- Earliest quarter
- 2024 Q2
- Latest quarter
- 2026 Q1
- U.S. benchmark
- +1.3%
Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.
Industry context
Where Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons Work
The occupation mix determines which Kentucky industries are weighted into this view.
| Industry group | Occupation mix | Employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly industry wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 93.2% | +4.1% | 12,167 | $1,420 |
| Professional and business services | 4.0% | +0.7% | 32,895 | $1,427 |
Which industries are growing?
2 weighted industries are growing
Only weighted industries with a published positive Kentucky employment change are listed.
- Construction+4.1%
- Professional and business services+0.7%
Every weighted industry shown published a positive change in January to March 2026.
Current Kentucky context
Current Kentucky Market Signals
Statewide indicators for all occupations in Kentucky. They are not Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.
Statewide job postings
Indeed job postings · Kentucky
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100
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View values: Indeed postings index
| Observation date | Index (Feb 2020 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | 100.82 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 100.32 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 99.22 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 98.73 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 98.90 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 99.06 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 99.83 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 101.12 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 101.43 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 102.87 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 102.25 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 102.87 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 102.68 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 102.78 |
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
Career context
Related occupations
Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.
Questions answered by this release
Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons in Kentucky FAQs
Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.
Is employment growing for Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons in Kentucky?
The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Kentucky industries weighted to Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons changed +4.0% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +1.3% nationwide.
Are wages for Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons rising in Kentucky?
QCEW does not publish pay for Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +4.9% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.
How complete is this Kentucky industry view?
The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.
Does this page show current Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons openings?
No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.
Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record
Methodology & Sources
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons
- SOC code
- 47-3014
- State
- Kentucky
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- +4.0%State data coverage 100%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- +1.3%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- +2.6 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
- Establishments, year over year
- +1.1%State data coverage 100%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +4.9%State data coverage 100%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/helpers-painters-paperhangers-plasterers-and-stucco-masons/kentucky#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.