How to become a wall or Ceiling paperhanger

Official title: Wall/Ceiling paperhanger

Also called: Ceiling paperhanger, Paperhanger, Wallpaper hanger, Ÿ Wallpaper hanger

Wall/Ceiling paperhanger covers interior walls and ceilings of buildings with wallpaper. He/she removes old paper with scraper, water and chemicals, and also cleans surface, fills cracks and holes with plaster and brushes sizing on surfaces.

Main tasks

• Cleaning and preparing walls and other surfaces of buildings for painting or wallpapering
• Measuring and hanging wallpaper or other fabrics on interior walls and ceilings

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

Will AI change the work of a wall or Ceiling paperhanger?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026