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Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers · SOC 47-2081

Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$79,430
Median hourly wage$38.19

Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $79,430 per year ($38.19 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $60,200 at the 10th percentile to $134,790 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,960 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers in the San Jose metro area earn more than $79,430 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $70,110 and $120,460.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$60,200$70,110$79,430$120,460$134,790
Hourly$28.94$33.71$38.19$57.91$64.80

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $79,430
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $65,880
  • United Statesnational
    $58,930

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +21% vs California overall and +35% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$28,420$54,250$80,080$105,910San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $28,420Twin Falls, ID — $34,880Las Cruces, NM — $37,990Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $38,670Clarksville, TN-KY — $39,480Killeen-Temple, TX — $40,100Dover, DE — $43,540Tyler, TX — $43,740El Paso, TX — $44,050Ocala, FL — $44,250Boise City, ID — $44,300Winston-Salem, NC — $44,540Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $44,570Columbia, SC — $44,800Tuscaloosa, AL — $45,110Fayetteville, NC — $45,120Chattanooga, TN-GA — $45,170Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $45,670Oklahoma City, OK — $45,760Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $45,900Raleigh-Cary, NC — $45,900Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $45,990Tulsa, OK — $46,080Huntsville, AL — $46,150Asheville, NC — $46,340San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $46,550Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $46,590Visalia, CA — $46,600Kansas City, MO-KS — $46,720Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $46,830Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $47,000Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $47,000Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $47,070Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $47,100Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $47,100Lincoln, NE — $47,130Harrisonburg, VA — $47,360Roanoke, VA — $47,510Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $47,610Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $47,660Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,690Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,760Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $47,910Fargo, ND-MN — $47,950Rapid City, SD — $47,980Baton Rouge, LA — $48,160Tucson, AZ — $48,180Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $48,220Lexington-Fayette, KY — $48,340Port St. Lucie, FL — $48,530Lynchburg, VA — $48,610Wichita, KS — $48,660Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $48,680Birmingham, AL — $48,760Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $48,780Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $48,810Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $48,850Logan, UT-ID — $48,890Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $48,920Odessa, TX — $49,040Waco, TX — $49,160New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $49,230Richmond, VA — $49,260Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $49,560Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $49,560Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $49,670Fort Wayne, IN — $49,680Jacksonville, FL — $49,750Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $49,760Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $50,170Medford, OR — $50,440North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $50,440Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $50,500Greensboro-High Point, NC — $50,530Albany, OR — $50,540Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $50,640St. George, UT — $50,900Missoula, MT — $51,310Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $52,270Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $52,280Naples-Marco Island, FL — $52,830Grand Junction, CO — $53,320Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $53,340Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $53,820Evansville, IN — $53,860Syracuse, NY — $54,100Ogden, UT — $54,240Yuma, AZ — $54,400Albuquerque, NM — $54,620La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $54,830Santa Fe, NM — $54,830Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $55,460Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $55,470Traverse City, MI — $55,750Omaha, NE-IA — $56,430Reno, NV — $56,480Springfield, MO — $56,550Colorado Springs, CO — $57,080Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $57,350Wilmington, NC — $57,540Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $58,020Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $58,820Yakima, WA — $58,950Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $59,070Eau Claire, WI — $59,220Eugene-Springfield, OR — $59,240Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $59,670Portland-South Portland, ME — $59,740Greeley, CO — $59,830Youngstown-Warren, OH — $59,890Rochester, NY — $59,910Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $60,080Duluth, MN-WI — $60,220St. Louis, MO-IL — $60,250Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $60,280Lancaster, PA — $60,510Pittsburgh, PA — $60,600Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $60,800Yuba City, CA — $60,970Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $61,120Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $61,260Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $61,280Chico, CA — $61,410Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $61,420Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $61,420Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $61,500Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $61,710Redding, CA — $61,870Bellingham, WA — $61,980Fresno, CA — $62,280Salem, OR — $62,400Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $62,400Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $62,800Toledo, OH — $62,920Merced, CA — $63,060Cleveland, OH — $63,150Manchester-Nashua, NH — $63,340Madison, WI — $63,500Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $63,540Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $63,550Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $63,760Kennewick-Richland, WA — $63,870Bend, OR — $63,970Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $64,080Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $64,260Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $64,370Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $64,700Anchorage, AK — $65,200Columbus, OH — $65,450Modesto, CA — $65,770Akron, OH — $66,450San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $67,060Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $67,730Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $69,120New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $71,320Stockton-Lodi, CA — $73,520Salinas, CA — $73,650Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $74,740Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $75,560San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $76,290El Centro, CA — $78,020San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $79,430Worcester, MA — $80,280Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $81,100San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $82,160Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $82,650Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $83,190Napa, CA — $84,410Urban Honolulu, HI — $105,910

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Jose metro area has the 8th-highest published median for this occupation among the 169 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for drywall and ceiling tile installers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $79,430
  • Napa metro area
    $84,410
  • Santa Rosa metro area
    $82,650
  • San Francisco metro area
    $82,160
  • El Centro metro area
    $78,020
  • San Diego metro area
    $76,290
  • Santa Cruz metro area
    $74,740

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Electricians$91,030First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$129,700Carpenters$80,190Construction Laborers$68,470Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$107,560Painters, Construction and Maintenance$61,970

Highest-paying metro areas for drywall and ceiling tile installerss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.