Decorator day rate calculator, York 2026, after tax
Typical: £195 a day. Work out yours below.
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A painter and decorator in York typically charges £195 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 York sit among the 31 modelled towns?
Each dot is one modelled town, stacked where towns share a rate.
York is number 12 of 31, with 11 above it and 19 below.
The shaded band is the local range decorators here quote inside.
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What is decorating work like in York?
For a listed building, listed building consent is required to alter, extend or demolish it.
York has over 2,000 individual listed buildings.
York has a mixed tenure housing market.
York has a modelled typical rate of £195; the default take home plan needs £256 each day.
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 York ask about rates?
How much should a decorator charge in York?
York has a modelled typical rate of £195; the default take home plan needs £256 each day.
The first is the market.
The second is what your costs ask for.
Does York’s listed housing change how a decorator quotes?
Yes, on outside work to a listed building.
York has over 2,000 individual listed buildings.
For a listed building, listed building consent is required to alter, extend or demolish it.
Before you quote outside work on one, ask the owner whether consent is in place.
Who books decorating work in York?
Both owners and landlords do.
York has a mixed tenure housing market.
Owners and landlords judge a quote on different things, so know which one you are pricing for.
What do decorators charge in other towns?
The full 31 town list sits beside the day rate a decorator works to, on the homepage.