Interior Painting cost by city
Interior painting is priced by square footage and surface count. How many rooms, the condition of the walls, ceiling and trim detail, and paint quality set the price.
Nationally this runs about $2,500–$6,000 to paint the interior of a 2,000 sq ft home. Pick your city for a local 2026 estimate.
Popular metros
Sacramento$2,700–$6,500San Jose$3,500–$8,400Fresno$2,400–$5,750San Diego$3,050–$7,300Phoenix$2,550–$6,100Los Angeles$3,100–$7,500Austin$2,600–$6,300Dallas$2,500–$6,000Houston$2,450–$5,900Denver$2,700–$6,500Atlanta$2,400–$5,800Chicago$2,750–$6,600Miami$2,650–$6,350Seattle$2,950–$7,100Las Vegas$2,500–$6,000Charlotte$2,400–$5,700
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco$3,400–$8,100Oakland$3,400–$8,100Fremont$3,400–$8,100Sunnyvale$3,400–$8,100Santa Clara$3,400–$8,100Hayward$3,400–$8,100Concord$3,400–$8,100Berkeley$3,400–$8,100Daly City$3,400–$8,100San Mateo$3,400–$8,100Redwood City$3,400–$8,100Mountain View$3,400–$8,100Palo Alto$3,400–$8,100Vallejo$3,400–$8,100Fairfield$3,400–$8,100Richmond$3,400–$8,100Antioch$3,400–$8,100Walnut Creek$3,400–$8,100Pleasanton$3,400–$8,100Livermore$3,400–$8,100San Rafael$3,400–$8,100Napa$3,400–$8,100Cupertino$3,400–$8,100Milpitas$3,400–$8,100Union City$3,400–$8,100San Leandro$3,400–$8,100Pittsburg$3,400–$8,100Vacaville$3,400–$8,100Newark$3,400–$8,100Brentwood$3,400–$8,100Dublin$3,400–$8,100San Ramon$3,400–$8,100Santa Rosa$3,400–$8,100Petaluma$3,400–$8,100Novato$3,400–$8,100Mountain House$3,400–$8,100
Los Angeles & Southern California Coast
Long Beach$3,050–$7,300Santa Ana$3,050–$7,300Anaheim$3,050–$7,300Irvine$3,050–$7,300Huntington Beach$3,050–$7,300Glendale$3,050–$7,300Santa Clarita$3,050–$7,300Oceanside$3,050–$7,300Garden Grove$3,050–$7,300Torrance$3,050–$7,300Pasadena$3,050–$7,300Orange$3,050–$7,300Fullerton$3,050–$7,300Thousand Oaks$3,050–$7,300Simi Valley$3,050–$7,300Carlsbad$3,050–$7,300Costa Mesa$3,050–$7,300Ventura$3,050–$7,300Santa Monica$3,050–$7,300Newport Beach$3,050–$7,300Chula Vista$3,050–$7,300Escondido$3,050–$7,300El Cajon$3,050–$7,300Vista$3,050–$7,300San Marcos$3,050–$7,300Encinitas$3,050–$7,300Burbank$3,050–$7,300Inglewood$3,050–$7,300Downey$3,050–$7,300West Covina$3,050–$7,300Norwalk$3,050–$7,300El Monte$3,050–$7,300Carson$3,050–$7,300Compton$3,050–$7,300Mission Viejo$3,050–$7,300Whittier$3,050–$7,300
Inland Empire & High Desert
Riverside$2,600–$6,300San Bernardino$2,600–$6,300Fontana$2,600–$6,300Moreno Valley$2,600–$6,300Rancho Cucamonga$2,600–$6,300Ontario$2,600–$6,300Corona$2,600–$6,300Victorville$2,600–$6,300Murrieta$2,600–$6,300Temecula$2,600–$6,300Rialto$2,600–$6,300Hesperia$2,600–$6,300Chino$2,600–$6,300Indio$2,600–$6,300Redlands$2,600–$6,300Chino Hills$2,600–$6,300Upland$2,600–$6,300Apple Valley$2,600–$6,300Palm Desert$2,600–$6,300Palm Springs$2,600–$6,300Hemet$2,600–$6,300Menifee$2,600–$6,300Jurupa Valley$2,600–$6,300Lake Elsinore$2,600–$6,300
Central Valley
Bakersfield$2,400–$5,700Stockton$2,400–$5,700Modesto$2,400–$5,700Visalia$2,400–$5,700Clovis$2,400–$5,700Merced$2,400–$5,700Turlock$2,400–$5,700Tracy$2,400–$5,700Manteca$2,400–$5,700Madera$2,400–$5,700Hanford$2,400–$5,700Tulare$2,400–$5,700Porterville$2,400–$5,700Lodi$2,400–$5,700Ceres$2,400–$5,700
Greater Sacramento
Elk Grove$2,600–$6,300Roseville$2,600–$6,300Folsom$2,600–$6,300Citrus Heights$2,600–$6,300Rancho Cordova$2,600–$6,300Davis$2,600–$6,300Woodland$2,600–$6,300Rocklin$2,600–$6,300Lincoln$2,600–$6,300Yuba City$2,600–$6,300El Dorado Hills$2,600–$6,300
Central Coast
Santa Barbara$2,800–$6,700San Luis Obispo$2,800–$6,700Salinas$2,800–$6,700Santa Maria$2,800–$6,700Monterey$2,800–$6,700Santa Cruz$2,800–$6,700Paso Robles$2,800–$6,700Watsonville$2,800–$6,700Lompoc$2,800–$6,700
Northern California & Sierra
Redding$2,550–$6,100Chico$2,550–$6,100Eureka$2,550–$6,100Ukiah$2,550–$6,100Truckee$2,550–$6,100Grass Valley$2,550–$6,100South Lake Tahoe$2,550–$6,100Auburn$2,550–$6,100Red Bluff$2,550–$6,100
Ranges are typical national project costs from public contractor-pricing and industry references (e.g. RSMeans-style cost data and HomeAdvisor/Angi-type surveys), adjusted by a local cost-of-construction index for each city. See our methodology.