Tile and Stone Setters
SOC 47-2044 · 2024-2034
Apply hard tile, stone, and comparable materials to walls, floors, ceilings, countertops, and roof decks.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $60,475per year
- Projected openings
- 8,880
- Projected change
- +9.9%
- 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
- Critical Thinking
- Coordination
- Mathematics
- Complex Problem Solving
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $78,327 | 20 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $62,999 | 80 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $62,853 | 670 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $62,711 | 500 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $61,908 | 110 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $61,205 | 260 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $60,497 | 90 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $60,497 | 60 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $59,777 | 180 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $59,406 | 890 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $59,056 | 270 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $58,634 | 210 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $58,181 | 140 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $57,891 | 740 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $56,874 | 160 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $56,390 | 1,370 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $56,112 | 780 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $55,618 | 260 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $54,177 | 250 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $53,240 | 1,080 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $53,240 | 110 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $50,749 | 40 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $49,493 | 40 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles | $62,868 | 4,590 | +8.5% |
| Brickmasons and Blockmasons | $70,921 | 4,180 | +5.7% |
| Carpet Installers | $55,915 | 1,550 | -12.9% |
| Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters | $50,933 | 3,310 | -8.1% |
| Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers | $67,665 | 25,830 | +5% |
| Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers | $64,399 | 20,640 | +3.1% |
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