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 2020.

The 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 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.

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Employment and salary information for the Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers workforce. Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers workforce in 2020 was 111,897 people, of which 3.06% were women and 96.9% were men. Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers are paid most in Islip Town (East) PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Collier County (Southwest) PUMA, FL.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

108,472

Male Workforce

± 8.08k

3,425

Female Workforce

± 1.44k

The Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers workforce in 2020 was 111,897 people (3.06% women and 96.9% men). This implies an average annual growth of −1.67% between 2014 (113,796) and 2020 (111,897).

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 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Iowa ($71,478), Alaska ($61,630), and Idaho ($53,640).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$39,599

AVERAGE WAGE

#363 in the ranking (2020)

$55,954

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

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

The graph shows the ranking of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2020.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.361

WAGE GINI

In 2020, Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.361, which is lower 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).

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 Elementary & secondary schools ($65,486).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

112k

2020 Workforce

± 8,210

−2.79%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 10.6%

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 89.1%, followed by Furniture & home furnishings stores with 8.84% and Building material & supplies dealers with 2.01%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers in the US. The workforce of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers in 2020 was 111,897 people, with 3.06% woman, and 96.9% men. 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.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers in 2020 was 111,897 people, with 3.06% woman, and 96.9% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 35 to 39 years (17,481 people), 40 to 44 years (15,411 people), and 30 to 34 years (14,267 people). Among them they concentrated 42.3% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2020, 52% of Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers workers were Hispanic and 48% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (83.3%), Guatemalan (8.71)%, and Salvadoran (8.04)%

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Races

In 2020, 67.9% of the Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers workforce were White, of which 3.17% were women and 96.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Other (19.1%) and Two or More Races (6.67%).

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 2020 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 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (1,075 people), Engineering (628 people), and Visual & Performing Arts (551 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 (48,798 people), Secondary Education (21,500 people), and Some college (17,792 people).

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