How Much Do Carpet Installers Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Carpet Installers

Carpet Installers lay and install carpet from rolls or blocks on floors. Install padding and trim flooring materials.

Salary
$46150
Becoming One
Easy
Education
No degree required
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

Personality



Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$46150 per year
Hourly wage
$22 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$25,900 to $31,940 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$12 to $15 per hour

Entry-level Carpet Installers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $25,900 to $31,940 per year or $12 to $15 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
C

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Carpet Installers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $36 $75,750
Senior (Top 25%) $27 $55,540
Middle (Mid 50%) $20 $41,480
Junior (Bottom 25%) $15 $31,940
No experience (Bottom 10%) $12 $25,900

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
HI $31 $64,960
MN $29 $60,830
NY $29 $59,570
MA $28 $59,110
DE $27 $55,580
NV $26 $54,700
MD $26 $53,940
NJ $26 $53,780
AZ $25 $51,710
CO $25 $51,460

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Carpet Installer is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like HI doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at HI might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Carpet Installers are in the states of HI, MN, NY, MA and DE.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Traveler Accommodation $56520 $27.17
Local Government $54890 $26.39
Home Furnishings Stores $49250 $23.68
Building Finishing Contractors $46250 $22.23
Employment Services $43220 $20.78
Other Specialty Trade Contractors $42770 $20.57
Furniture Stores $42170 $20.28
Services to Buildings and Dwellings $40630 $19.54
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods $40060 $19.26
Residential Building Construction $37720 $18.14
Nonresidential Building Construction $37660 $18.11
Other Wood Product Manufacturing $34040 $16.37
Real Estate $30210 $14.52

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