Commercial flooring recruiters serving Cleveland.
Hospital-grade seamless resinous flooring for the Neurological Institute and Avon expansion is a distinct, higher-skill install than conventional commercial flooring.
Two named Cleveland Clinic projects.
Metro pay for every role we recruit is in the table below. What the hub does name: the Neurological Institute and the Avon campus expansion as the two projects driving hospital-grade seamless resinous flooring demand.
We recruit across the full org chart for commercial flooring contractors in Cleveland against that documented context.
Two Cleveland Clinic capital projects.
Both named directly in the hub's own flooring mini.
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1M sq ft, 210 inpatient rooms, 36 neuro ICU beds, 14 operating rooms - the named driver behind hospital-grade seamless resinous flooring at scale.
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Multi-phase expansion of Avon Hospital and the Richard E. Jacobs Health Center, adding ~250,000 sq ft of clinical space in Lorain County - a second named driver of infection-control-standard flooring demand.
What commercial flooring roles pay in Cleveland.
In the Cleveland metro, BLS puts the median for floor layers at $58,950 a year, 4% above the $56,460 national median. Among the 56 metros BLS publishes for this occupation, Cleveland ranks 21st on pay. Most of the market sits between $46,180 and $76,960. Of the other field roles, tile and stone setter pays the most locally, at a $49,910 median. 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 Cleveland pay for carpet installer, 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 | Cleveland median | Typical range | National median | vs. national | Employed locally |
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| Floor LayerFloor Layers (47-2042) | $58,950 | $46,180–$76,960 | $56,460 | +4% | 210 |
| Tile and Stone SetterTile and Stone Setters (47-2044) | $49,910 | $38,260–$73,170 | $55,690 | −10% | 150 |
| Carpet InstallerCarpet Installers (47-2041) | – | – | $50,340 | – | – |
| Floor Sander / FinisherFloor Sanders and Finishers (47-2043) | $47,800 | $38,480–$56,160 | $50,440 | −5% | – |
| Flooring ForemanFirst-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (47-1011) | $80,610 | $58,220–$106,340 | $79,920 | +1% | – |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Cleveland 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 Cleveland commercial flooring hiring actually plays out in 2026.
Why we name the Neurological Institute and Avon expansion
Both are named directly in the hub's own flooring mini - not a connection we're inferring, but the specific projects the market data points to.
Why infection-control-standard certification is the named scarcity, not general installation
The hub draws a clear line: installers certified on infection-control-standard systems are the shortage - a specific, sourced distinction from conventional commercial flooring.
What this means for sourcing
We source against verified infection-control-standard installation 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 Cleveland commercial flooring clients, these are the highest-volume roles we've recruited for in the last 24 months.
- Infection-control-standard flooring installer
- Hospital-grade seamless resinous installer
- Healthcare flooring project manager
- Commercial flooring installer
For the broader picture across every commercial trade in Cleveland, see the Cleveland 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 Cleveland, plainly.
Same approach we use in every market - but tuned for what works in Cleveland's commercial flooring segment specifically:
- Same-day intake call. We get the role, the project context, the budget, your dealbreakers. For Cleveland flooring work, we also confirm whether the role requires infection-control-standard certification.
- Candidate sourcing within 48 hours. We pull from our existing Cleveland commercial flooring candidate network, filtered for verified hospital-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 Cleveland's documented general context.
Cleveland runs 35% more commercial flooring workers per job than the country as a whole — well above the national concentration. More per job means more people to reach, and more employers reaching them.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 , Floor Layers (nearest published occupation for this trade). Metro-wide figures for the base occupation; the wage table above is role-specific and commercial.
How Cleveland's commercial flooring market compares
In 2023 the Cleveland metro had 23 nonresidential flooring contractors (counted by business location), with about 266 people on their payrolls. Average pay at those firms was $73,410, 6% below the national average of $78,136 for the same kind of employer. Headcount grew 10.8% over the year, faster than the 3% national increase, so local employers were adding people quicker than most of the country. The number of these employers rose 15%, more firms competing for the same crews. That works out to 1.1 per 100,000 residents, close to the 1.0 national rate. These firms account for 0.7% of all construction employment in the metro.
Among the 54 metros we cover with published BLS figures, Cleveland ranks 21st for headcount, 19th for median pay and 24th for concentration for floor layers.
| Metro | Employed | Median pay | Concentration | Commercial employers |
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| 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.
What this means for hiring:For commercial flooring employers in Cleveland, the pool is deep and still growing, so the constraint is competition rather than supply. Move fast on good candidates, because another local firm is probably talking to them too.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Cleveland metro. Employers are counted by business location.
How Cleveland's commercial flooring market has changed since 2018.
Cleveland lost nonresidential flooring contractors between 2018 and 2023, from 25 business locations to 23 (down 8%), behind the 7% growth nationally. Headcount at those firms went down 11%, to about 266 people. Average annual pay there went from $58,620 to $73,410 (+25%), in step with the 23% national increase.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
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| Nonresidential flooring contractors: business locations | 25 | 23 | −8% |
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: employment | 300 | 266 | −11% |
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: average annual pay | $58,620 | $73,410 | +25% |
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 Cleveland.
What is Cleveland's named flooring demand center?
Hospital-grade seamless resinous flooring for the $1.1B Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute and the $322M Avon campus expansion - both named directly in the metro's own data.
What is driving commercial flooring demand in Cleveland right now?
Hospital-grade seamless resinous flooring for the Neurological Institute and Avon expansion is a distinct, higher-skill install than conventional commercial flooring. Installers certified on infection-control-standard systems are the shortage.
What do floor layers earn in Cleveland?
BLS puts the Cleveland median for floor layers at $58,950 a year, 4% above the $56,460 national median. That ranks 21st of 56 metros with published figures, in the middle of the pack. Most of the market sits between $46,180 and $76,960, a 1.7x gap and a moderate spread, so a few thousand dollars over the median buys real experience. Within Ohio, Columbus pays more, at $65,560.
Is it hard to hire floor layers in Cleveland?
Not by national standards. Floor layers make up 35% more of the Cleveland workforce than they do nationally, about 210 people. The 23 nonresidential flooring contractors here average about 12 employees per location.
Which commercial flooring roles pay the most in Cleveland?
Of the roles we recruit for, Flooring Foreman pays the most in Cleveland, a $80,610 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Floor Layer at $58,950, 27% below it. Floor Sander / Finisher is the lowest-paid field role at $47,800. Relative to national pay, Floor Layer is the strongest-paying role here (4% above). Tile and Stone Setter trails national pay the most (10% below).
How many nonresidential flooring contractors operate in Cleveland?
BLS counted 23 nonresidential flooring contractors in Cleveland in 2023, employing about 266 people between them. Down from 25 in 2018, a 8% decline against 7% growth nationally. That averages 12 people per location. They pay an average of $73,410, 6% below the $78,136 national average for the same kind of employer.
Which nearby metros compete with Cleveland for floor layers?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Detroit (90 miles, about 230, $50,730 median), Pittsburgh (115 miles, about 170, $80,970 median) and Columbus (126 miles, about 170, $65,560 median). Pittsburgh pays 37% more, which is where Cleveland employers tend to lose people.
Hiring commercial flooring talent in Cleveland?
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