How Much Do Floor Layers Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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

Floor Layers

Floor Layers apply blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors.

Salary
$49740
Becoming One
Easy
Education
No degree required
Job Satisfaction
Low
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
$49740 per year
Hourly wage
$24 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$27,260 to $33,900 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$13 to $16 per hour

Entry-level Floor Layers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $27,260 to $33,900 per year or $13 to $16 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 Floor Layers 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%) $38 $79,500
Senior (Top 25%) $30 $61,450
Middle (Mid 50%) $22 $45,520
Junior (Bottom 25%) $16 $33,900
No experience (Bottom 10%) $13 $27,260

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
NJ $33 $69,330
HI $33 $68,940
PA $29 $60,050
WI $28 $57,540
CA $27 $56,570
NY $27 $55,590
MA $27 $55,300
AZ $26 $54,580
IA $26 $54,360
KS $26 $54,080

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

According to BLS, the highest paid Floor Layers are in the states of NJ, HI, PA, WI and CA.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Elementary and Secondary Schools $54200 $26.06
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors $52490 $25.24
Building Finishing Contractors $50450 $24.26
Building Material and Supplies Dealers $46560 $22.38
Home Furnishings Stores $46490 $22.35
Nonresidential Building Construction $46000 $22.12
Employment Services $43750 $21.04
Other Wood Product Manufacturing $42320 $20.34
Other Specialty Trade Contractors $42110 $20.25
Residential Building Construction $36100 $17.36

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