Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers

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2020 Workforce

112k

Average Age

Average Salary

$39,599

Average Male Salary

$39,974

Average Female Salary

$27,729

About

Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers are most often employed by the Construction industry. The average yearly wage for Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers was $39,599 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers by wage are Jewelers & precious stone & metal workers, Social & human service assistants, and Occupational therapy assistants & aides.

Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers are part of the Construction & Extraction Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers, Boilermakers, Carpenters, Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers, Cement masons, concrete finishers, & terrazzo workers, and 28 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers are Chula Vista (West) & National City Cities PUMA, CA, Collier County (Southwest) PUMA, FL, and Annandale, West Falls Church & Bailey's Crossroads PUMA, VA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers are Collier County (Southwest) PUMA, FL, South of I-635 & West of US-75 PUMA, TX, and Deerfield, Pompano Beach (North) & Lighthouse Point Cities PUMA, FL.

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers and on wages and locations 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 Elementary & secondary schools. Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers are paid most in Ada City PUMA, OK but are relatively concentrated in Collier County (Southwest) PUMA, FL.

Yearly Wage

$39,599

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,679

In 2020, Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers earned an average of $39,599, $16,355 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Jewelers & precious stone & metal workers make somewhat more than Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers while Social & human service assistants make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.363

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.363, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. 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).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers, by number of employees, are Construction, Furniture & home furnishings stores, Building material & supplies dealers, Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers, Carpet & rug mills, Services to buildings & dwellings (except cleaning during construction & immediately after construction), Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing, Lumber & other construction materials merchant wholesalers, Prefabricated wood buildings & mobile homes, Elementary & secondary schools, and Traveler accommodation.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers, by average wage, are Elementary & secondary schools, Traveler accommodation, and Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers.

Industries by Share

112k

2020 Workforce

± 8,210

−2.79%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 10.6%

The number of people employed as Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers has been declining at a rate of −2.79%, from 115,106 people in 2019 to 111,897 people in 2020.

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 84.7%, followed by Furniture & home furnishings stores with 8.4% and Building material & supplies dealers with 1.91%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers in the US. The average age of male Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers in the workforce is 39.9 and of female Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers is 42, and the most common race/ethnicity for Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

108k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 8,083

3.43k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 1,437

96.9% of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Other (Hispanic)

41.1% of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 26.9% of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers.

Age by Sex

39.9

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.897

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 5.02

The median age of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers is 40, and Male employees are generally 2.1 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

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 a relatively high number of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers hold a major in Natural Resources & Conservation.