Commercial flooring recruiters serving Akron.
Healthcare-grade flooring for Akron Children's addition is a distinct, higher-skill install; standard commercial flooring runs at a modest regional discount.
A children's hospital, and an honest discount elsewhere.
Metro pay for every role we recruit is in the table below. What the hub does say: Akron Children's Considine Building addition is the specialty niche, while general commercial flooring elsewhere runs at a modest regional discount.
We recruit across the full org chart for commercial flooring contractors in Akron against that documented context.
Consolidating hospital functions.
One named driver, a genuine specialty niche.
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Consolidating hospital functions currently spread across leased spaces into a purpose-built addition - the named driver behind healthcare-grade flooring.
What commercial flooring roles pay in Akron.
In the Akron metro, BLS puts the median for tile and stone setters at $46,760 a year, 16% below the $55,690 national median. Among the 84 metros BLS publishes for this occupation, Akron ranks 60th on pay. The range runs from $37,290 at the 10th percentile to $71,710 at the 90th, so experience is priced well above the middle of the market. Floor layers, tile setters and carpet installers are published separately, which is why the range across the rows below is wide. BLS does not publish Akron pay for 3 of the roles below, which it withholds where a metro's sample is too small to be reliable. National benchmarks by role are in the 2026 Commercial Flooring Salary Guide.
| Role | Akron median | Typical range | National median | vs. national | Employed locally |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor LayerFloor Layers (47-2042) | – | – | $56,460 | – | – |
| Tile and Stone SetterTile and Stone Setters (47-2044) | $46,760 | $37,290–$71,710 | $55,690 | −16% | 50 |
| Carpet InstallerCarpet Installers (47-2041) | – | – | $50,340 | – | – |
| Floor Sander / FinisherFloor Sanders and Finishers (47-2043) | – | – | $50,440 | – | – |
| Flooring ForemanFirst-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (47-1011) | $80,660 | $58,520–$106,170 | $79,920 | +1% | – |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Akron metro. Range is 10th to 90th percentile. Headcount is shown for field occupations only; management, estimating and supervisory codes are counted across every industry in the metro.
What candidates expect. What credentials matter. What kills offers.
We don't tell prospective clients who their competitors are hiring - that's a discipline our clients value, and we'll honor it on a call. What we will share publicly: how Akron commercial flooring hiring actually plays out in 2026.
Why we name the Considine Building addition, not the Goodyear HQ redevelopment
The 400-acre East End & Goodyear HQ redevelopment is named in the hub's own data, but the flooring mini specifically names Akron Children's healthcare-grade work, so that's what we report.
Why healthcare-grade flooring is the named specialty, and general flooring is honestly discounted
The hub is explicit: outside Akron Children's niche, standard commercial flooring in Akron runs at a modest regional discount - no inflated market-wide story.
What this means for sourcing
We source against verified healthcare-grade flooring experience for Akron Children's-adjacent roles, and standard commercial experience - priced to the regional discount - for general-market roles.
Realistic timelines
Standard commercial flooring roles: 4-6 weeks intake to signed offer, consistent with the region's broader hiring timeline. First slate of vetted candidates within 48 hours regardless.
The commercial flooring positions we fill, most often.
Across all Akron commercial flooring clients, these are the highest-volume roles we've recruited for in the last 24 months.
- Healthcare-grade flooring installer
- Commercial flooring installer
- Resilient flooring installer
- Commercial flooring project manager
For the broader picture across every commercial trade in Akron, see the Akron metro overview. To learn more about commercial flooring generally (across all 100+ markets we serve), see our Commercial Flooring industry page.
How we recruit commercial flooring in Akron, plainly.
Same approach we use in every market - but tuned for what works in Akron's commercial flooring segment specifically:
- Same-day intake call. We get the role, the project context, the budget, your dealbreakers. For Akron flooring work, we also confirm whether the role requires healthcare-grade certification.
- Candidate sourcing within 48 hours. We pull from our existing Akron commercial flooring candidate network, filtered for verified healthcare-grade experience where relevant.
- Vetted short list (week one to several weeks). Three to five candidates. We verify real installation history rather than a line on a resume.
- Offer and close. Standard roles close in 4-6 weeks. We help with offer math against Akron's documented general context.
How Akron's commercial flooring market compares
In 2023 the Akron metro had 6 nonresidential flooring contractors (counted by business location). BLS publishes that count but withholds headcount and pay here, which it does when a category is small enough that the figures could identify individual employers. The number of these employers fell 25%, as firms merged, closed or moved out. That works out to 0.9 per 100,000 residents against 1.0 nationally. Fewer local employers means experienced people are easier to identify, but many work for firms based outside the metro.
| Metro | Employed | Median pay | Concentration | Commercial employers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 210 | $58,950 | 1.35 | 23 |
| Cincinnati | 180 | $57,800 | 1.08 | 18 |
| Columbus | 170 | $65,560 | 1.03 | 30 |
| Dayton | – | – | – | 3 |
| Akron | – | – | – | 6 |
BLS OEWS occupation figures and QCEW business-location counts; a dash means not published.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Akron metro. Employers are counted by business location.
How Akron's commercial flooring market has changed since 2018.
Akron had 6 nonresidential flooring contractors in 2023, exactly as many as in 2018. With so few firms, one opening or closing moves that percentage a long way. How many people those 6 locations employ is not published: with a category this small, BLS would effectively be reporting individual employers' payrolls.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: business locations | 6 | 6 | +0% |
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: employment | 21 | – | – |
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: average annual pay | $35,434 | – | – |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private employers, annual averages. A dash means BLS did not publish the figure.
Frequently asked — commercial flooring hiring in Akron.
What is Akron's named flooring demand center?
Akron Children's Hospital's Considine Building addition, consolidating hospital functions into a purpose-built facility - named directly in the metro's own data.
What is driving commercial flooring demand in Akron right now?
Healthcare-grade flooring for Akron Children's addition is a distinct, higher-skill install; standard commercial flooring runs at a modest regional discount.
Which commercial flooring roles pay the most in Akron?
Of the roles we recruit for, Flooring Foreman pays the most in Akron, a $80,660 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Tile and Stone Setter at $46,760, 42% below it. Tile and Stone Setter trails national pay the most (16% below).
How many nonresidential flooring contractors operate in Akron?
BLS counted 6 nonresidential flooring contractors in Akron in 2023. That is roughly where the count stood in 2018 (6). BLS withholds their combined headcount and pay here, which it does when a category is small enough that the figures could identify individual employers.
Which nearby metros compete with Akron for floor layers?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Cleveland (30 miles, about 210, $58,950 median), Pittsburgh (91 miles, about 170, $80,970 median) and Columbus (110 miles, about 170, $65,560 median).
Hiring commercial flooring talent in Akron?
Tell us the role. We'll tell you timeline and where we'd source the candidate - in under 30 minutes.