Carpet Installers · SOC 47-2041

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Carpet Installerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for carpet installers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 38 metro areas

Carpet Installers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Reno, NV	$78,080	180	0.7
2	Anchorage, AK	$76,790	50	0.3
3	St. Louis, MO-IL	$71,020	130	0.1
4	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$69,660	30	0.2
5	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$64,590	620	0.1
6	Kansas City, MO-KS	$63,500	70	0.1
7	Rochester, NY	$61,700	70	0.1
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$61,500	290	0.1
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$58,500	160	0.1
10	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$57,840	360	0.3
11	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$57,540	320	0.2
12	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$57,030	130	0.1
13	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$55,850	70	0.1
14	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$54,850	500	0.4
15	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$54,080	790	0.1
16	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$53,610	Not published	Not published
17	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$51,360	60	0.0
18	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$51,270	30	0.1
19	Peoria, IL	$50,410	40	0.3
20	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$50,340	Not published	Not published
21	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$50,340	90	0.1
22	Omaha, NE-IA	$50,100	70	0.1
23	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$49,630	230	0.1
24	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$49,550	100	0.1
25	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$49,510	210	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Carpet Installers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.