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

Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles Salary in the Philadelphia Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area

Figures describe the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Philadelphia city limits.

Median annual wage$73,280
Median hourly wage$35.23

Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area earned a median of $73,280 per year ($35.23 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $46,960 at the 10th percentile to $119,460 at the 90th. BLS estimates 350 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles in the Philadelphia metro area earn more than $73,280 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $56,360 and $90,950.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$46,960$56,360$73,280$90,950$119,460
Hourly$22.58$27.10$35.23$43.73$57.43

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

  • Philadelphia metro areathis metro area
    $73,280
  • Pennsylvaniastate (PA)
    $60,050
  • United Statesnational
    $56,460

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

The median here is +22% vs Pennsylvania overall and +30% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$37,740$60,253$82,767$105,280Oklahoma City, OK — $37,740Tulsa, OK — $38,240San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $38,870Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $43,020Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $43,950Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $44,740Bowling Green, KY — $44,800Flint, MI — $45,630Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $45,960Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $46,030Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $46,370Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $47,030Modesto, CA — $47,170Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,230Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $47,540Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $47,810Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $48,030Fargo, ND-MN — $48,050Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $48,520Waco, TX — $48,630Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $48,830Madison, WI — $49,310Fort Wayne, IN — $49,500Ogden, UT — $49,860Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,930Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $49,970Rockford, IL — $49,980Kansas City, MO-KS — $50,140Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $50,730Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $50,960Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $51,050Knoxville, TN — $51,480Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $51,640Fresno, CA — $51,980Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $52,000Portland-South Portland, ME — $53,670Albuquerque, NM — $54,720Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $55,690Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $55,720Vallejo, CA — $56,020Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $56,040Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $56,130San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $56,150Jacksonville, FL — $56,950Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $57,020Salem, OR — $57,140Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $57,590Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $57,720Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $57,800Cleveland, OH — $58,950Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $59,090Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $59,220Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $59,410Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $59,500Cedar Rapids, IA — $59,990Green Bay, WI — $60,470New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $61,360Naples-Marco Island, FL — $62,570Reno, NV — $62,800Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $63,170Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $63,200Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $63,970Columbus, OH — $65,560Stockton-Lodi, CA — $69,610Worcester, MA — $70,340Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $70,370St. Louis, MO-IL — $71,730Springfield, MA — $72,850Toledo, OH — $72,850Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $73,280San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $74,970Urban Honolulu, HI — $77,280Pittsburgh, PA — $80,970Anchorage, AK — $92,860Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $98,290San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $105,280

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 Philadelphia metro area has the 7th-highest published median for this occupation among the 76 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 Pennsylvania

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Philadelphia metro areathis page
    $73,280
  • Pittsburgh metro area
    $80,970

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:

Construction Laborers$55,120Carpenters$61,780First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$95,840Electricians$74,590Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$74,860Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$66,810

Highest-paying metro areas for floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiless · Highest-paying occupations in Philadelphia 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.