Commercial flooring recruiters serving Austin.
Industrial and mission-critical work leads - epoxy, ESD, and polished-concrete systems for fabs and data centers are the premium corner of the market.
The single largest force in the Austin-area labor market.
Metro pay for every role we recruit is in the table below. What the hub does name: industrial and mission-critical work leading the premium corner of the market, with office/hospitality/institutional resets adding steady mid-market volume.
We recruit across the full org chart for commercial flooring contractors in Austin against that documented context.
A ~$17B, and growing, semiconductor fab.
One project defines the premium tier of this market's flooring demand.
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The single largest force in the Austin-area labor market. Cleanroom, process-piping, and high-purity mechanical trades pulled to premium wages across the region - and the metro's named driver behind epoxy, ESD, and polished-concrete fab-scale flooring.
What commercial flooring roles pay in Austin.
In the Austin metro, BLS puts the median for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers at $77,800 a year, in line with the $79,920 national median. Among the 112 metros BLS publishes for this occupation, Austin ranks 61st on pay. Most of the market sits between $50,960 and $105,030. 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 Austin pay for 4 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 | Austin 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) | – | – | $55,690 | – | – |
| 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) | $77,800 | $50,960–$105,030 | $79,920 | −3% | – |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Austin 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 Austin commercial flooring hiring actually plays out in 2026.
Why we call fab/data center work "the premium corner"
The hub is specific: this scope commands premium rates over the mid-market office/hospitality/institutional volume. Samsung Taylor is the named anchor behind that premium tier.
Why large-scope industrial flooring experience is the named scarcity role
The hub calls out PMs with large-scope industrial flooring experience as hard to find specifically - a fab-scale credential distinct from standard commercial flooring project management.
What this means for sourcing
We source against verified fab-scale epoxy/ESD/polished-concrete flooring and large-scope industrial project management experience, not resume claims, given the specific shortage the hub names.
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 Austin commercial flooring clients, these are the highest-volume roles we've recruited for in the last 24 months.
- Fab/data center flooring installer (epoxy/ESD)
- Polished concrete crew lead
- Office/hospitality reset flooring installer
- Commercial flooring project manager (large-scope industrial)
For the broader picture across every commercial trade in Austin, see the Austin 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 Austin, plainly.
Same approach we use in every market - but tuned for what works in Austin's commercial flooring segment specifically:
- Same-day intake call. We get the role, the project context, the budget, your dealbreakers. For Austin flooring work, we also confirm whether the role is fab/data-center scope or mid-market office/hospitality reset.
- Candidate sourcing within 48 hours. We pull from our existing Austin commercial flooring candidate network, filtered for verified large-scope industrial credentials where relevant.
- Vetted short list (week one to several weeks). Three to five candidates. We verify real installation or project-management history rather than a line on a resume.
- Offer and close. Standard roles close in 4-6 weeks. We help with offer math against Austin's documented general context.
How Austin's commercial flooring market compares
In 2023 the Austin metro had 36 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 rose 9.1%, more firms competing for the same crews. That works out to 1.4 per 100,000 residents against 1.0 nationally, a crowded field where experienced people get approached often.
| Metro | Employed | Median pay | Concentration | Commercial employers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas-Fort Worth | 380 | $43,950 | 0.62 | 77 |
| Houston | 380 | $43,020 | 0.77 | 66 |
| San Antonio | 90 | $38,870 | 0.51 | 22 |
| Austin | – | – | – | 36 |
| McAllen | – | – | – | 1 |
| El Paso | – | – | – | 11 |
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, Austin metro. Employers are counted by business location.
How Austin's commercial flooring market has changed since 2018.
The number of nonresidential flooring contractors in Austin rose from 28 in 2018 to 36 in 2023, up 29%, ahead of the 7% national rise. BLS stops short of publishing headcount and pay for them here, which happens when a handful of firms account for most of the work.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: business locations | 28 | 36 | +29% |
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: employment | 385 | – | – |
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: average annual pay | $58,075 | – | – |
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 Austin.
How large is Samsung's Taylor semiconductor fab investment?
The metro's own data describes an investment of roughly $17B, expanding toward $40B+ - described as the single largest force in the Austin-area labor market.
What is driving commercial flooring demand in Austin right now?
Industrial and mission-critical work leads - epoxy, ESD, and polished-concrete systems for fabs and data centers are the premium corner of the market, with office, hospitality, and institutional resets adding steady mid-market volume.
How many nonresidential flooring contractors operate in Austin?
BLS counted 36 nonresidential flooring contractors in Austin in 2023. Up from 28 in 2018, a 29% increase against 7% growth nationally. 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 Austin for floor layers?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are San Antonio (74 miles, about 90, $38,870 median), Houston (147 miles, about 380, $43,020 median) and Dallas-Fort Worth (182 miles, about 380, $43,950 median).
We have not closed a commercial flooring search in Austin yet. Here is what we have closed.
These are other trades in the same market. We would rather show you the searches we have actually run in Austin than imply a record in this trade that we do not have yet.
- Chiller Service TechnicianChillers from one ton to 5,000-ton centrifugals, for data-center clients - placed in twelve days.
Hiring commercial flooring talent in Austin?
Tell us the role. We'll tell you timeline and where we'd source the candidate - in under 30 minutes.