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Insulation Workers

SOC 47-2131

Install thermal and acoustic insulation in buildings and systems.

The job
Median pay
$49k
$43k to $61k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+2.4% projected
Openings a year
3k
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
9/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
14th pct
More exposed than 14% of occupations · modeled estimate · 22nd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
52/100

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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
Texas7,1200.51.8×$49k
California3,0800.20.6×$49k
Florida2,6900.30.9×$47k
Washington2,3300.72.3×$68k
North Carolina2,0900.41.5×$43k
Louisiana1,6100.82.9×$47k
New York1,6000.20.6×$59k
Maryland1,2400.41.6×$58k
Virginia1,2240.31.0×$45k~
Colorado1,2100.41.5×$51k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Tennessee1,1600.41.2×$48k
Minnesota1,0900.41.3×$54k
Georgia9000.20.6×$48k
Ohio8700.20.6×$58k
Missouri8300.31.0×$56k
New Jersey8200.20.7×$53k
Arizona7800.20.8×$42k
Illinois7800.10.5×$53k
Indiana7800.20.8×$55k
South Carolina7300.31.1×$47k
Massachusetts7100.20.7×$49k
Michigan7100.20.6×$46k
Oregon7000.41.3×$60k
Alabama6600.31.1×$49k
Nevada6600.41.5×$47k
Wisconsin6500.20.8×$50k
Pennsylvania6100.10.3×$51k
Oklahoma5700.31.2×$47k
Montana4901.03.4×$48k
Iowa4600.31.0×$56k
Maine4400.72.4×$48k
Kansas4300.31.1×$52k
Kentucky4000.20.7×$50k
Arkansas3500.30.9×$44k
South Dakota3400.72.6×$46k
Idaho3300.41.4×$42k
Nebraska3100.31.1×$73k
Connecticut3000.20.6×$49k
Utah3000.20.6×$40k
Mississippi2900.20.9×$63k
Delaware2800.62.0×$54k
North Dakota2600.62.1×$46k
New Mexico2500.31.0×$48k
New Hampshire2300.31.2×$51k
Hawaii2050.31.1×$68k~
Alaska1700.51.8×$56k
Wyoming1700.62.1×$46k
Rhode Island1240.20.9×$52k~
Vermont1100.41.3×$54k
Washington DC880.10.4×$58k~
West Virginia700.10.3×$35k

Top metro areas

  1. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2,430 jobs · $48k median
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,100 jobs · $50k median
  3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,500 jobs · $62k median
  4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,330 jobs · $46k median
  5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA1,250 jobs · $72k median
  6. Baton Rouge, LA1,100 jobs · $48k median
  7. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI870 jobs · $58k median
  8. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA830 jobs · $48k 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.