Flooring Installers (Floor Layers): Wages & Billed Rates by Metro (May 2024)

Across the 58 largest metros we cover, the median hourly wage for flooring installers (floor layers) is $24.76. Billed labor rates run higher once workers' compensation, overhead, and margin are added. Pick a metro for the full breakdown.

MetroMedian wageEst. billed rate
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$43.88$93.29–$135.48
Stockton-Lodi, CA$38.24$86.50–$117.99
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$36.35$91.61–$123.29
Urban Honolulu, HI$36.22$93.59–$106.99
Madison, WI$33.39$91.09–$108.35
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$33.23$85.36–$109.30
St. Louis, MO-IL$32.43$83.41–$104.80
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$30.85$91.40–$104.89
Toledo, OH$30.84$82.58–$98.07
Worcester, MA$30.82$90.16–$100.89
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$30.50$70.47–$86.21
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$30.45$83.00–$101.86
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$30.36$72.01–$99.95
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$30.08$86.94–$107.58
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$29.05$73.86–$102.83
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$28.88$85.76–$119.16
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$28.61$66.78–$90.68
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$28.53$83.27–$106.80
Columbus, OH$28.35$83.31–$95.65
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$28.25$89.12–$113.75
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$27.66$71.19–$97.38
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$27.47$70.03–$81.56
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$27.46$73.34–$93.28
Cleveland, OH$27.41$71.42–$83.84
Pittsburgh, PA$26.25$70.37–$79.03
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$26.13$82.11–$100.54
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$25.59$82.05–$99.78
Reno, NV$24.85$73.14–$79.89
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$24.78$65.51–$87.32
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$24.74$70.52–$77.91
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$24.58$82.04–$90.93
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$24.55$59.07–$67.13
Fresno, CA$24.38$69.24–$80.49
Raleigh-Cary, NC$24.24$60.74–$68.38
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$23.92$84.52–$95.17
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$23.71$71.05–$78.64
Kansas City, MO-KS$23.64$65.54–$77.01
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$23.58$68.46–$79.31
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$23.48$55.26–$69.63
Richmond, VA$23.36$56.64–$64.96
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$23.07$57.24–$69.56
Ogden, UT$22.66$55.78–$63.43
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$22.63$47.42–$54.74
Jacksonville, FL$22.39$61.71–$65.14
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$22.33$59.44–$71.50
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$22.00$63.68–$75.51
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$21.95$57.25–$63.10
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$21.54$53.21–$65.42
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$21.16$45.97–$51.92
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$21.10$43.95–$54.30
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$21.01$55.41–$61.07
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$19.88$44.44–$57.09
Knoxville, TN$19.10$47.30–$54.33
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$18.75$44.66–$50.50
Chattanooga, TN-GA$18.48$42.53–$53.35
Oklahoma City, OK$17.00$52.85–$65.39
Omaha, NE-IA$15.07$50.77–$51.04
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$10.17$33.84–$37.36

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2024 (SOC 47-2042). Billed rates are model estimates; see methodology.