Tile & Stone Setters: Wages & Billed Rates by Metro (May 2024)

Across the 80 largest metros we cover, the median hourly wage for tile & stone setters is $24.22. Billed labor rates run higher once workers' compensation, overhead, and margin are added. Pick a metro for the full breakdown.

MetroMedian wageEst. billed rate
Urban Honolulu, HI$47.78$104.88–$123.93
Portland-South Portland, ME$35.40$90.47–$102.92
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$35.25$91.33–$109.92
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$35.02$86.13–$118.44
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$32.51$86.06–$111.12
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$31.24$94.97–$101.13
Pittsburgh, PA$30.51$77.76–$91.49
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$30.10$91.12–$97.95
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$29.58$86.38–$101.85
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$29.48$71.21–$92.00
St. Louis, MO-IL$29.36$82.51–$100.98
Madison, WI$29.30$85.42–$100.49
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$29.29$91.04–$103.49
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$29.13$72.70–$90.47
Rochester, NY$29.07$71.08–$91.91
Kansas City, MO-KS$29.04$73.36–$84.52
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$29.01$86.45–$102.65
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$28.83$83.12–$104.56
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$28.67$85.16–$95.41
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$28.30$73.34–$86.79
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$27.78$71.34–$91.56
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$27.75$84.06–$96.44
Stockton-Lodi, CA$27.39$83.84–$99.53
Reno, NV$27.26$73.03–$88.95
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$27.17$83.56–$93.45
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$27.03$73.10–$83.23
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$26.54$73.24–$83.36
New Haven, CT$26.48$73.20–$95.27
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$26.21$83.03–$97.19
Wichita, KS$26.13$55.85–$69.75
Fresno, CA$25.98$71.37–$83.14
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$25.69$83.16–$103.41
Boise City, ID$25.34$61.50–$69.67
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$25.30$84.83–$95.23
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$24.87$72.25–$85.80
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$24.86$71.51–$80.17
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$24.76$60.62–$73.92
Jackson, MS$24.61$47.19–$56.12
Cleveland, OH$24.49$69.64–$82.06
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$24.26$56.00–$70.57
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$24.17$63.31–$72.49
Omaha, NE-IA$24.15$64.06–$70.73
Colorado Springs, CO$24.12$60.69–$75.80
Oklahoma City, OK$23.90$59.33–$68.62
Greensboro-High Point, NC$23.89$55.98–$64.58
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$23.87$55.77–$72.08
Jacksonville, FL$23.82$54.84–$70.60
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$23.81$66.18–$80.80
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$23.80$58.01–$70.31
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$23.75$59.85–$64.64
Toledo, OH$23.74$79.50–$98.97
Akron, OH$23.61$68.29–$80.06
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$23.44$62.22–$70.24
Columbus, OH$23.42$81.29–$91.97
Ogden, UT$23.27$56.26–$69.30
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$23.24$56.47–$72.51
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$23.22$45.90–$61.92
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$22.99$63.49–$80.81
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$22.89$69.88–$79.22
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$22.76$47.26–$55.82
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$22.65$45.84–$60.89
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$22.62$61.51–$72.12
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$22.53$69.44–$76.77
Tucson, AZ$22.53$45.82–$61.65
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$22.24$60.53–$63.18
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$22.13$45.30–$60.82
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$22.00$55.58–$64.09
Raleigh-Cary, NC$21.72$56.79–$65.01
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$21.52$45.93–$60.12
Syracuse, NY$21.47$70.48–$82.57
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$21.11$42.73–$55.74
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$21.07$46.38–$54.84
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$20.98$44.51–$52.42
Tulsa, OK$20.97$50.20–$59.01
Columbia, SC$20.04$45.80–$53.85
Birmingham, AL$19.28$45.64–$54.53
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$18.46$41.66–$48.79
Albuquerque, NM$18.00$43.37–$52.41
El Paso, TX$17.45$44.25–$46.67
Chattanooga, TN-GA$17.13$41.65–$49.55

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2024 (SOC 47-2044). Billed rates are model estimates; see methodology.