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Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall · SOC 47-2131

Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall 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$58,890
Median hourly wage$28.31

Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $58,890 per year ($28.31 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $49,620 at the 10th percentile to $122,850 at the 90th. BLS estimates 190 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall in the San Jose metro area earn more than $58,890 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $49,620 and $86,900.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$49,620$49,620$58,890$86,900$122,850
Hourly$23.86$23.86$28.31$41.78$59.06

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
    $58,890
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $48,840
  • United Statesnational
    $49,120

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 +20% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$27,040$45,320$63,600$81,880San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $27,040Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $36,530Visalia, CA — $37,160Winston-Salem, NC — $37,440Wilmington, NC — $37,720Lynchburg, VA — $38,230Ogden, UT — $39,110Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $40,100Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $40,120Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $41,620Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $42,320Lexington-Fayette, KY — $43,470Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $43,730Savannah, GA — $43,860Lubbock, TX — $43,890Lafayette, LA — $44,080Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $44,520Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $45,050Jackson, MI — $45,330Fort Wayne, IN — $45,340Auburn-Opelika, AL — $45,350Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $45,680Rapid City, SD — $45,760Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $45,900Mansfield, OH — $45,980Columbia, MO — $46,000Raleigh-Cary, NC — $46,030Cheyenne, WY — $46,050Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $46,180Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $46,390Fargo, ND-MN — $46,450Greensboro-High Point, NC — $46,500Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $46,510Lancaster, PA — $46,640Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $46,650Jacksonville, FL — $46,740Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $46,850Naples-Marco Island, FL — $47,050San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $47,070Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,100Pittsburgh, PA — $47,110Tallahassee, FL — $47,120Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $47,220Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $47,270Helena, MT — $47,330Cleveland, OH — $47,340Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,350Springfield, MO — $47,360Tulsa, OK — $47,420Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $47,510Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $47,610Corpus Christi, TX — $47,770Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $47,870Portland-South Portland, ME — $48,000Baton Rouge, LA — $48,090Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $48,140Albuquerque, NM — $48,260Mobile, AL — $48,300Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $48,310Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $48,310Knoxville, TN — $48,380Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $48,470Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $48,470Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $48,740Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $49,000Barnstable Town, MA — $49,070York-Hanover, PA — $49,280Green Bay, WI — $49,310Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $49,320Montgomery, AL — $49,610Rockford, IL — $49,740Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $49,930Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $50,120Billings, MT — $50,210Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $50,320Columbia, SC — $50,750Wichita, KS — $51,520Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $51,740Utica-Rome, NY — $51,950Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $54,400Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $54,730Anchorage, AK — $55,800Rochester, NY — $55,960Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $56,110Kansas City, MO-KS — $56,460Syracuse, NY — $56,680Huntsville, AL — $56,780Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $56,930Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $57,190Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $58,240Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $58,360Salisbury, MD — $58,420Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $58,850San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $58,890St. Louis, MO-IL — $59,040Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $59,290Colorado Springs, CO — $59,440Salem, OR — $60,290Kennewick-Richland, WA — $60,730Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $60,960Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $61,690New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $61,730Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $62,710Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $63,200Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $65,930Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $70,410Medford, OR — $71,470Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $71,980San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $76,170Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $76,610Columbus, OH — $80,000Omaha, NE-IA — $81,880

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 19th-highest published median for this occupation among the 112 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 insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $58,890
  • San Francisco metro area
    $76,170
  • Oxnard metro area
    $65,930
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $48,470
  • Sacramento metro area
    $48,310
  • Riverside metro area
    $46,850
  • Visalia metro area
    $37,160

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 insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and walls · 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.