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Drywall Installers

SOC 47-2081

Hang and finish the drywall that forms interior walls.

The job
Median pay
$59k
$47k to $74k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+2.5% projected
Openings a year
7k
BLS projection
Typical education
No formal credential
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
8/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
7th pct
More exposed than 7% of occupations · modeled estimate · 9th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
54/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California27,2801.52.8×$66k
Florida6,0000.61.1×$49k
Texas5,7600.40.8×$48k
Nevada2,9801.93.6×$52k
New York2,8400.30.6×$61k
Washington2,6700.81.4×$73k
Utah2,6101.52.8×$51k
Arizona2,5900.81.5×$50k
Virginia2,4800.61.1×$56k
Pennsylvania1,6900.30.5×$61k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Ohio1,6800.30.6×$61k
Oregon1,6800.91.6×$74k
Colorado1,5600.51.0×$62k
North Carolina1,5200.30.6×$45k
Maryland1,4700.51.0×$55k
New Jersey1,3400.30.6×$75k
Tennessee1,1500.40.7×$48k
Wisconsin1,1400.40.7×$60k
Michigan1,0500.20.5×$58k
Minnesota1,0500.40.7×$61k
Idaho9201.12.0×$44k
Hawaii8001.32.4×$105k
Nebraska7700.81.4×$49k
Illinois7400.10.2×$63k
Georgia6900.10.3×$58k
Indiana6800.20.4×$50k
Alabama6500.30.6×$48k
Kansas6500.50.8×$40k
Massachusetts5900.20.3×$70k
New Mexico5800.71.3×$54k
West Virginia5520.81.5×$57k~
Missouri5500.20.3×$63k
Kentucky4900.20.5×$48k
Rhode Island4400.91.6×$47k
New Hampshire3700.51.0×$62k
South Dakota3600.81.5×$49k
Delaware3500.71.4×$50k
South Carolina3400.10.3×$45k
Louisiana3100.20.3×$47k
Connecticut3000.20.3×$60k
Iowa2900.20.3×$51k
Oklahoma2800.20.3×$46k
Arkansas2400.20.3×$45k
Montana1700.30.6×$60k
Washington DC1650.20.4×$69k~
Maine1500.20.4×$60k
Wyoming1400.50.9×$44k
North Dakota1300.30.6×$45k
Mississippi1100.10.2×$37k
Alaska1000.30.6×$74k
Vermont900.30.6×$60k

Top metro areas

  1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA7,710 jobs · $63k median
  2. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA3,640 jobs · $61k median
  3. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA3,220 jobs · $76k median
  4. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,560 jobs · $71k median
  5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA2,510 jobs · $82k median
  6. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA2,500 jobs · $64k median
  7. Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV2,340 jobs · $52k median
  8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,210 jobs · $59k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.