Commercial Carpet Installer
We place this role between $52,000 and $72,000 a year at mid experience, before overtime, bonus and on-call.
What this role pays.
That band is mid experience, built from our own engagement history. Experience and region move it - the salary calculator applies both.
The federal occupation this role reports under is Carpet Installers (SOC 47-2041), May 2025. Nationally it reports a median of $50,340 , with the middle of the market between $35,450 and $82,140. BLS counts this job inside that occupation rather than publishing it separately, so the figures cover a slightly wider group than this exact title.
Where it pays most.
Carpet Installers across the metros we cover, May 2025. BLS publishes a median for 33 of them and withholds the rest, where the local sample was too small to be reliable.
| Metro | Median | Employed there |
|---|---|---|
| Reno | $78,080 | 180 |
| St. Louis | $71,020 | 130 |
| New York | $64,590 | 620 |
| Kansas City | $63,500 | 70 |
| Rochester | $61,700 | 70 |
| San Francisco | $61,500 | 290 |
| Washington, D.C. | $58,500 | 160 |
| Portland | $57,840 | 360 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | $42,610 | 230 |
| Salt Lake City | $46,060 | 100 |
| Harrisburg | $47,100 | 60 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. The last three rows are the lowest-paying metros in the same set. Headcount is metro-wide across every industry, not this trade alone.
Credentials that move an offer.
- INSTALL
Licensing is a state question, not a national one. The Commercial Flooring hiring page carries the state-by-state position, and every market page names the authority for that state.
What the search actually takes.
We have closed 0 commercial flooring searches in 2026 year to date, which is below the 8 we require before publishing a median. We would rather print the count than a number the sample cannot carry. The Hiring Index shows what we do and do not have.
Keep reading.
- 2026 Commercial Flooring Salary Guide - the full benchmark by role.
- Commercial Flooring recruiting - how we run this trade.
- Salary calculator - the band by experience and region.
- Commercial Flooring hiring in Houston - one market in detail.
- Hiring Index - how long our searches actually take.
Other Commercial Flooring roles we recruit
All 56 roles we recruit - every trade, every seat.