Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles · SOC 47-2042

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiless

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 76 metro areas

Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$105,280	340	0.3
2	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$98,290	740	0.3
3	Anchorage, AK	$92,860	60	0.3
4	Pittsburgh, PA	$80,970	170	0.2
5	Urban Honolulu, HI	$77,280	150	0.3
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$74,970	600	0.3
7	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$73,280	350	0.1
8	Springfield, MA	$72,850	40	0.2
9	Toledo, OH	$72,850	160	0.6
10	St. Louis, MO-IL	$71,730	410	0.3
11	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$70,370	1,010	0.2
12	Worcester, MA	$70,340	130	0.4
13	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$69,610	120	0.4
14	Columbus, OH	$65,560	170	0.2
15	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$63,970	310	0.3
16	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$63,200	50	0.1
17	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$63,170	420	0.2
18	Reno, NV	$62,800	150	0.5
19	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$62,570	70	0.4
20	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$61,360	1,180	0.1
21	Green Bay, WI	$60,470	100	0.6
22	Cedar Rapids, IA	$59,990	30	0.2
23	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$59,500	90	0.5
24	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$59,410	240	0.2
25	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$59,220	180	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles 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.