Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers

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2024 Workforce

95.8k

Average Age

41.1

Average Salary

$49,343

Average Male Salary

$49,756

Average Female Salary

$33,879

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Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers are most often employed by the Construction industry. The average yearly wage for Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers was $49,343 in 2024.

The locations that employ the most Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers are San Diego County (Southwest)--Chula Vista (West) & National City Cities PUMA, CA, Inner Northwest Prince George's County--College Park City & Langley Park PUMA, MD, and Riverside County (East)--Indio, Coachella, Blythe & La Quinta (East) Cities PUMA, CA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers are Phoenix City--Maryvale (East) PUMA, AZ, Inner Northwest Prince George's County--College Park City & Langley Park PUMA, MD, and Los Angeles County (Central)--East Los Angeles PUMA, CA.

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Employment and salary information for the Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers workforce. Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers workforce in 2024 was 95,823 people, of which 2.6% were women and 97.4% were men. Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers are paid most in Prince William County (Northeast) PUMA, VA but are relatively concentrated in Phoenix City--Maryvale (East) PUMA, AZ.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

93,333

Male Workforce

± 7.5k

2,490

Female Workforce

± 1.23k

The Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers workforce in 2024 was 95,823 people (2.6% women and 97.4% men). This implies an average annual growth of −15.9% between 2014 (113,897) and 2024 (95,823).

Employment by Location

Level

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers.

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Hawaii ($88,042), Idaho ($81,720), and Rhode Island ($73,582).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$49,343

AVERAGE WAGE

#364 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers earned an average of $49,343, $20,534 less than the average national salary of $69,878

The graph shows the ranking of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2014.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.38

WAGE GINI

In 2024, Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.38, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers and on wages for those in the field. Construction is the industry that employs the most Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers, by average wage, is Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers ($109,645).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

95.8k

2024 Workforce

± 7,598

−5.69%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 11.7%

This graphic shows the share of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers employed by various industries. Construction employs the largest share of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers at 93%, followed by Furniture & home furnishings retailers with 4.88% and Building material & supplies dealers with 1.6%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers in the US. The workforce of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers in 2024 was 95,823 people, with 2.6% woman, and 97.4% men. The average age of male Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers in the workforce is 41.1 and of female Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers is 39.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers in 2024 was 95,823 people, with 2.6% woman, and 97.4% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 40 to 44 years (13,112 people), 35 to 39 years (12,372 people), and 45 to 49 years (12,254 people). Among them they concentrated 39.6% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 53.6% of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers workers were Hispanic and 46.4% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (65.2%), Guatemalan (8.3)%, and Salvadoran (5.18)%

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Races

In 2024, 45.2% of the Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers workforce were White, of which 2.86% were women and 97.1% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (25.8%) and Other (22.6%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Construction.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (1,376 people), Engineering (600 people), and Visual & Performing Arts (350 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers workers were High School or Equivalent (39,259 people), Secondary Education (18,690 people), and Some college (14,508 people).

The graphic shows the Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers workforce by gender and educational level.