Your labour rate
Generic guide rates for your area — change them to match what you charge. The rate you choose prices the labour on every job.
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Default 8
Mid guide rate. Day rate and hourly rate stay in step: change either one.
Check against your True Rate
A typical True Rate for your trade: £207 a day to cover your costs and pay you what you want.
At £224/day you cover the £207/day you need.
Where these rates come from
Painting and decorating: Best Builders: Painter and decorator day rate in 2026 (UK): Regional UK £25–£40/h, £180–£280/day. MyBuilder (https://www.mybuilder.com/painting-decorating/price-guides/painter-decorator-cost) gives £20–£40/h, £150–£250/day. Low £22, mid £28, high £38 an hour. (checked 2026-10-04)
UK outside London (typical): ×1.000. Assumed: The cost guides' own 'rest of UK' / 'regional UK' figures, unadjusted.
Rates are rounded to the nearest 50p. They are guides, not what you must charge.