Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
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Tapers
Tapers seal joints between plasterboard or other wallboard to prepare wall surface for painting or papering.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Tapers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $36,580 to $46,380 per year or $18 to $22 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Tapers 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%) | $46 | $95,800 |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $37 | $76,770 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $29 | $59,450 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $22 | $46,380 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $18 | $36,580 |
Highest paying states
| State | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| IL | $41 | $86,090 |
| HI | $41 | $85,440 |
| NY | $36 | $75,490 |
| NJ | $36 | $74,680 |
| OR | $33 | $68,130 |
| WA | $32 | $67,550 |
| MN | $31 | $65,290 |
| WI | $30 | $62,020 |
| MI | $30 | $61,870 |
| MO | $29 | $60,200 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Taper is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like IL doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at IL might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Tapers are in the states of IL, HI, NY, NJ and OR.
Highest paying industries
| Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| Residential Building Construction | $76990 | $37.01 |
| Nonresidential Building Construction | $72540 | $34.87 |
| Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors | $70040 | $33.67 |
| Building Finishing Contractors | $60740 | $29.20 |
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