How much interior wall do you paint in an hour?

Your painting speed is the number every quote is built on.

What painting businesses say, by country. A figure is published only once enough painters have answered; until then a labelled starting figure shows. Add your own answer anonymously, no account needed.

The figures

• Australia: 15 m²/hr. Per painter, not the whole crew. Starting figure, until enough painters answer. Surfacely's starting rate, not a survey.
• United States: 160 ft²/hr. Per painter, not the whole crew. Starting figure, until enough painters answer. Surfacely's starting rate, not a survey.
• United Kingdom: 15 m²/hr. Per painter, not the whole crew. Starting figure, until enough painters answer. Surfacely's starting rate, not a survey.
• New Zealand: 15 m²/hr. Per painter, not the whole crew. Starting figure, until enough painters answer. Surfacely's starting rate, not a survey.
• Canada: 160 ft²/hr. Per painter, not the whole crew. Starting figure, until enough painters answer. Surfacely's starting rate, not a survey.

Painting Industry Benchmark by Surfacely · November 2026 · method v1. Free to quote with credit. How the figures work.

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