Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
SOC 47-2042 · 2024-2034
Apply blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $62,868per year
- Projected openings
- 4,590
- Projected change
- +8.5%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Coordination
- Time Management
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Monitoring
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $93,963 | 560 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $81,878 | 210 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $77,081 | 620 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $64,868 | 990 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $61,885 | 1,520 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $61,836 | 560 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $61,074 | 660 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $60,724 | 20 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $60,559 | 70 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $59,231 | 760 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $58,758 | 70 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $55,937 | 60 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $52,623 | 90 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $52,211 | 300 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $50,914 | 90 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 30 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tile and Stone Setters | $60,475 | 8,880 | +9.9% |
| Carpet Installers | $55,915 | 1,550 | -12.9% |
| Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall | $50,163 | 2,690 | +3.1% |
| Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers | $67,665 | 25,830 | +5% |
| Brickmasons and Blockmasons | $70,921 | 4,180 | +5.7% |
| Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters | $50,933 | 3,310 | -8.1% |
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