Decorator day rate calculator, Sheffield 2026, after tax
Typical: £180 a day. Work out yours below.
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A painter and decorator in Sheffield typically charges £180 a day.
To take home £35,500 a year after real costs you need £256 a day.
Both are labour only, from the rate model and the calculator's default assumptions.
Change the inputs and your own number takes over. Quote that one.
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how these figures are worked out
According to the Office for National Statistics, local pay differs enough by area to move a day rate.
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
Data from HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index sets the second local input, per the October 2026 review.
Reviewed on .
These figures use the same sums as the free calculator. The two always agree.
Where these figures come from
Rate estimates blend the national median decorator day rate from five UK directories.
Those five are Checkatrade, HaMuch, MyBuilder, CostEstimator, MyJobQuote.
To that we add official ONS regional earnings and local house price data.
Sources: ONS ASHE 2025, UK House Price Index April 2026.
Rates reviewed October 2026.
Where does Sheffield sit among the 31 modelled towns?
Each dot is one modelled town, stacked where towns share a rate.
Sheffield is number 25 of 31, with 24 above it and 6 below.
The shaded band is the local range decorators here quote inside.
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What is decorating work like in Sheffield?
Census 2021 recorded 22.6% of Sheffield households in social rent and 18.7% in private rent.
Sheffield was in the highest 15% of English local authority areas for the social rented share.
Sheffield has just under 1,200 listed buildings.
Sources for this local context
Why do tradespeople undercharge?
Pricing off the going rate.
Pricing off what everyone else charges feels safe.
But the going rate says what customers are used to paying, not what your business needs.
The calculator on this page starts from the take home you want and adds your real costs.
The number it gives is the one to quote.
The full answer to how a decorator works out what to charge is on its own page.
What do decorators in Sheffield ask about rates?
What is the going day rate for a decorator in Sheffield?
Sheffield reads as £180 in the model, but the default personal rate plan works out at £256.
The first is the market.
The second is what your costs ask for.
Does Sheffield’s listed housing change how you quote?
On a listed building, yes.
Sheffield has just under 1,200 listed buildings.
On a listed building, ask the owner what applies before you quote any outside work.
Who pays for decorating work in Sheffield?
Census 2021 recorded 22.6% of Sheffield households in social rent and 18.7% in private rent.
Sheffield was in the highest 15% of English local authority areas for the social rented share.
A big social rented share makes housing providers a real client here, not only homeowners.
What do decorators charge in other towns?
The full 31 town list sits beside the day rate a decorator works to, on the homepage.