Construction & Extraction
Flooring Installers
SOC 47-2042
Install carpet, hardwood, tile, and resilient flooring.
The job
Median pay
$56k
$46k to $74k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+9.0% projected
Openings a year
2k
BLS projection
Typical education
No formal credential
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
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
19th pct
More exposed than 19% of occupations · modeled estimate · 7th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
58/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Active Learning
- Reading Comprehension
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.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 4,330 | 0.2 | 1.6× | $61k |
| Florida | 1,660 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $57k |
| Texas | 1,480 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $43k |
| Illinois | 1,330 | 0.2 | 1.4× | $70k |
| Massachusetts | 1,060 | 0.3 | 1.9× | $79k |
| New York | 880 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $61k |
| Ohio | 850 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $59k |
| Indiana | 730 | 0.2 | 1.5× | $51k |
| Pennsylvania | 720 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $60k |
| New Jersey | 700 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $60k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 700 | 0.2 | 1.6× | $53k |
| Michigan | 670 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $47k |
| Arizona | 610 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $45k |
| Missouri | 590 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $55k |
| Nevada | 560 | 0.4 | 2.4× | $59k |
| Utah | 550 | 0.3 | 2.1× | $48k |
| Minnesota | 490 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $59k |
| North Carolina | 490 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $52k |
| Maryland | 450 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $48k |
| Kentucky | 390 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $50k |
| Washington | 370 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $57k |
| Georgia | 330 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $46k |
| Oregon | 300 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $56k |
| Virginia | 270 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $50k |
| Colorado | 240 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $46k |
| Arkansas | 210 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $41k |
| Hawaii | 210 | 0.3 | 2.2× | $77k |
| Idaho | 210 | 0.2 | 1.6× | $53k~ |
| New Mexico | 200 | 0.2 | 1.5× | $50k |
| Tennessee | 200 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $50k |
| Nebraska | 187 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $51k~ |
| Kansas | 180 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $46k |
| South Dakota | 180 | 0.4 | 2.6× | $59k |
| South Carolina | 170 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $50k |
| Iowa | 160 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $55k |
| Alabama | 150 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $39k |
| Oklahoma | 140 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $38k |
| Maine | 120 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $53k |
| Connecticut | 110 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $47k |
| Mississippi | 100 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $49k |
| New Hampshire | 95 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $57k~ |
| Wyoming | 94 | 0.3 | 2.2× | $57k~ |
| North Dakota | 90 | 0.2 | 1.4× | $48k |
| Alaska | 70 | 0.2 | 1.4× | $93k |
| Louisiana | 70 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $42k |
| Delaware | 69 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $56k~ |
| Rhode Island | 66 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $60k~ |
| Vermont | 60 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $51k |
| Montana | 50 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $38k |
| Washington DC | 47 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $66k~ |
| West Virginia | 30 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $45k |
Top metro areas
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,350 jobs · $59k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,180 jobs · $61k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,010 jobs · $70k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH740 jobs · $98k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA600 jobs · $75k median
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA450 jobs · $56k median
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA440 jobs · $56k median
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI420 jobs · $63k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Flooring Installers interactively →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.