How Much Does It Cost to Paint a Bedroom?
A source-backed national planning guide for painting a bedroom: $240 to $1,240 per room professionally, with room-size tables, labor and material context, ceiling and trim add-ons, and cited sources.
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Short answer
Plan a professionally painted bedroom at $240 to $1,240 per room. A standard bedroom runs $350 to $850 for walls only, a 12x12 bedroom with ceiling and trim runs $770 to $2,900, and paint plus labor rates of $2 to $6 per square foot decide where your room lands in the range.
Cost summary
Estimates per room. See the cited sources and methodology before using these figures for a decision.
| Cost level | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Low | $240.00 |
| Typical | $600.00 |
| High | $1,240.00 |
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Bedroom painting cost by room size
A professionally painted bedroom plans at $240 to $1,240 per room nationally. The low end comes from HomeAdvisor's room-type table, which lists a 120 square foot bedroom at $240 to $720, derived from its $2 to $6 per square foot interior painting rate including paint and materials. HomeGuide's room-type table lists a standard bedroom at $350 to $850 and a primary bedroom at $650 to $1,400. Fixr prices a 200 to 310 square foot bedroom at $600 to $1,240 with labor included.
Room size moves the price within that band. HomeGuide's size table quotes a 10 by 10 bedroom at $320 to $1,200 for walls only and $640 to $2,400 for walls, trim, and ceiling, while a 12 by 12 bedroom runs $380 to $1,400 walls only and $770 to $2,900 with trim and ceiling. Fixr splits the same way: a 12 by 12 room costs $215 to $505 for walls only and $430 to $575 for the entire room including ceiling, trim, and baseboards. The full-scope bedroom runs roughly double the walls-only price in both datasets.
Sources: HomeAdvisor: How Much Does It Cost to Paint the Interior of a House?, HomeGuide: How Much Does It Cost to Paint a Room? (2026), Fixr: Cost to Paint a Room
Labor and material scope
Labor dominates bedroom painting cost. HomeGuide reports the labor cost to paint a room at $1 to $3 per square foot on average, with labor typically accounting for 70 percent to 85 percent of the total room painting cost. HomeAdvisor puts the labor share even higher at 75 percent to 95 percent of the total painting cost. Fixr quotes professional labor at $25 to $100 per hour or $1.50 to $3.50 per square foot.
Materials are the smaller share. HomeAdvisor prices paint at $15 to $40 per gallon depending on type and finish, with primer at $10 per gallon. Fixr lists paint at $15 to $60 per gallon and primer at $16 to $70 per gallon. This guide stores labor and material as zero and quotes the published shares and rates verbatim rather than forcing them into per-room splits no source publishes.
Sources: HomeGuide: How Much Does It Cost to Paint a Room? (2026), HomeAdvisor: How Much Does It Cost to Paint the Interior of a House?, Fixr: Cost to Paint a Room
Ceiling and trim add-ons
The ceiling and trim roughly double a walls-only quote. HomeGuide's tables show the pattern at every size: a 10 by 10 bedroom moves from $320 to $1,200 walls only to $640 to $2,400 with walls, trim, and ceiling, and a 12 by 12 moves from $380 to $1,400 to $770 to $2,900. Fixr's entire-room figures, which include ceiling, trim, and baseboards, run $300 to $400 for a 10 by 10 room and $430 to $575 for a 12 by 12.
HomeAdvisor's per-square-foot rates tell the same story: walls alone at $2.75 per square foot versus walls, trim, and ceilings at $4.70 per square foot. Decide the scope before comparing quotes, because a walls-only bid and a full-room bid describe different jobs. For ceiling-only pricing, our ceiling painting cost guide covers the standalone rates in detail.
Sources: HomeGuide: How Much Does It Cost to Paint a Room? (2026), Fixr: Cost to Paint a Room, HomeAdvisor: How Much Does It Cost to Paint the Interior of a House?
Prep and condition factors
Prep work is where bedroom quotes diverge. HomeGuide's bedroom range spans $320 to $2,400 for walls alone depending on size and ceiling height, with 8 to 10 foot ceilings in its tables, and its painter-rate page quotes 10 by 12 bedroom labor at $391 walls only versus $815 for the full job including baseboards, doors, trim, and ceilings. Dark or saturated existing colors, wall repairs, and heavy furniture that must be moved all push a project toward the high end.
Primer is included when specified in HomeGuide's tables; HomeAdvisor prices primer separately at $10 per gallon. A room that needs patching, sanding, or stain-blocking primer will quote above the planning typical even at the same square footage.
Sources: HomeGuide: How Much Does It Cost to Paint a Room? (2026), HomeAdvisor: How Much Does It Cost to Paint the Interior of a House?
Worked example: standard 12x12 bedroom
Take a standard 12 by 12 bedroom, walls only, professional job, light existing color, sound walls. Low: $240. Typical: $600. High: $1,240. The $600 typical is the midpoint of HomeGuide's $350 to $850 bedroom range and also Fixr's published bedroom range low; the $1,240 high is Fixr's published bedroom high for a 200 to 310 square foot room with labor included. Painting the whole house instead of one room? Our interior painting cost guide prices the full project.
Add the ceiling and trim and the same room plans at $770 to $2,900 per HomeGuide, or $430 to $575 per Fixr's entire-room table, so confirm scope before comparing quotes. Cross-checks bracket the example: HomeAdvisor's $240 to $720 for a 120 square foot bedroom sits at the low end, which is expected for its smaller baseline room.
Sources: HomeGuide: How Much Does It Cost to Paint a Room? (2026), Fixr: Cost to Paint a Room, HomeAdvisor: How Much Does It Cost to Paint the Interior of a House?
Limitations
This guide's planning range rests on contractor marketplace data and one cost-data publisher, which is why confidence is MEDIUM rather than HIGH. The three sources define a bedroom differently: HomeAdvisor's 120 square foot baseline is smaller than Fixr's 200 to 310 square foot bedroom, which explains why Fixr's range runs higher. HomeGuide's page title carries 2026 while Fixr's page shows no update date, so its figures may be older.
None of the sources publishes a per-room labor and material split, so labor and material are stored as zero and only shares and rates are quoted. Re-verify figures before signing a contract; this record is due for re-verification by 2027-10-01.
Sources: HomeGuide: How Much Does It Cost to Paint a Room? (2026), Fixr: Cost to Paint a Room, HomeAdvisor: How Much Does It Cost to Paint the Interior of a House?
Sources
- HomeAdvisor: How Much Does It Cost to Paint the Interior of a House? (accessed 2026-09-17)
- HomeGuide: How Much Does It Cost to Paint a Room? (2026) (accessed 2026-10-01)
- Fixr: Cost to Paint a Room (accessed 2026-10-01)
Frequently asked questions
How much does a painting project cost?
Plan a professionally painted bedroom at $240 to $1,240 per room. A standard bedroom runs $350 to $850 for walls only, a 12x12 bedroom with ceiling and trim runs $770 to $2,900, and paint plus labor rates of $2 to $6 per square foot decide where your room lands in the range.
Why is there a cost range instead of a single price?
Project costs move with scope, finish level, and local labor rates. This guide splits the national planning range into low, typical, and high levels, and the scope sections explain what pushes a project toward each end. Use the range to budget, then collect itemized contractor quotes for your exact project.
Are these figures contractor quotes?
No. They are national planning ranges compiled from published, cited sources, shown with their assumptions and limitations. Treat them as a budgeting starting point, not a bid. Our methodology page explains how every figure is sourced and reviewed.
