Commercial flooring recruiters serving Dallas-Fort Worth.
Office reset projects driving demand. Polished concrete, epoxy, and specialty LVT/sheet vinyl installers in short supply. Project managers with $5M+ project experience particularly hard to find.
Office reset work, honestly scoped.
Metro pay for every role we recruit is in the table below. What the hub does name: office reset projects driving demand for polished concrete, epoxy, and specialty LVT/sheet vinyl installers - with project managers experienced on $5M+ projects the hardest role to fill.
We recruit across the full org chart for commercial flooring contractors in Dallas-Fort Worth against that documented context.
High-end commercial finish work.
One named project, with a direct, sourced connection to flooring specifically.
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Opening 2027 with 5,000+ permanent jobs. The hub's own data explicitly names this project as driving demand for high-end commercial finish work - a direct tie to flooring, not an inferred connection.
What commercial flooring roles pay in Dallas-Fort Worth.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, BLS puts the median for floor layers at $43,950 a year, 22% below the $56,460 national median. Among the 56 metros BLS publishes for this occupation, Dallas-Fort Worth ranks 52nd on pay. Most of the market sits between $35,490 and $57,880. Of the other field roles, tile and stone setter pays the most locally, at a $47,920 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 Dallas-Fort Worth pay for floor sander / finisher, 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 | Dallas-Fort Worth median | Typical range | National median | vs. national | Employed locally |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor LayerFloor Layers (47-2042) | $43,950 | $35,490–$57,880 | $56,460 | −22% | 380 |
| Tile and Stone SetterTile and Stone Setters (47-2044) | $47,920 | $36,850–$96,980 | $55,690 | −14% | 430 |
| Carpet InstallerCarpet Installers (47-2041) | $42,610 | $33,560–$81,290 | $50,340 | −15% | 230 |
| Floor Sander / FinisherFloor Sanders and Finishers (47-2043) | – | – | $50,440 | – | – |
| Flooring ForemanFirst-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (47-1011) | $76,230 | $50,280–$104,480 | $79,920 | −5% | – |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Dallas-Fort Worth 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 Dallas-Fort Worth commercial flooring hiring actually plays out in 2026.
Why we don't repeat the hub's Universal Studios reference
The hub's own flooring mini names "Universal Studios" as a DFW hospitality driver, but there is no Universal Studios facility in this metro - that reads as a copy/paste error from Orlando's content, and we won't repeat an unverifiable claim just because it's on the hub page.
Why Goldman Sachs' campus is the one project we do name
The hub's own capitalProjects data ties this specific project to "high-end commercial finish work" - that's a direct, sourced connection, unlike the hospitality reference above.
What this means for sourcing
We source against verified polished concrete, epoxy, and specialty LVT/sheet vinyl installation experience, plus project managers with $5M+ project history - the specific shortage roles 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 Dallas-Fort Worth commercial flooring clients, these are the highest-volume roles we've recruited for in the last 24 months.
- Polished concrete crew lead
- Epoxy flooring installer
- Specialty LVT/sheet vinyl installer
- Commercial flooring project manager ($5M+ projects)
For the broader picture across every commercial trade in Dallas-Fort Worth, see the Dallas-Fort Worth 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 Dallas-Fort Worth, plainly.
Same approach we use in every market - but tuned for what works in Dallas-Fort Worth's commercial flooring segment specifically:
- Same-day intake call. We get the role, the project context, the budget, your dealbreakers. For DFW flooring work, we also confirm the flooring system involved - polished concrete, epoxy, or specialty LVT/sheet vinyl.
- Candidate sourcing within 48 hours. We pull from our existing Dallas-Fort Worth commercial flooring candidate network, filtered for verified $5M+ project management experience 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 Dallas-Fort Worth's documented general context.
Dallas-Fort Worth runs 38% fewer commercial flooring workers per job than the country as a whole — well below the national concentration. Fewer per job means the people you want are already working, and usually for someone who would rather keep 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 Dallas-Fort Worth's commercial flooring market compares
In 2023 the Dallas-Fort Worth metro had 77 nonresidential flooring contractors (counted by business location), with about 628 people on their payrolls. Average pay at those firms was $86,929, 11.3% above the national average of $78,136 for the same kind of employer. Headcount grew 9% over the year, faster than the 3% national increase, so local employers were adding people quicker than most of the country. That works out to 1.0 per 100,000 residents, close to the 1.0 national rate.
Among the 54 metros we cover with published BLS figures, Dallas-Fort Worth ranks 11th for headcount, 50th for median pay and 42nd for concentration for floor layers. Pay here is among the lowest we see, which makes relocation offers from higher-paying metros a real retention risk.
| Metro | Employed | Median pay | Concentration | Commercial employers |
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| 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.
What this means for hiring:For commercial flooring employers in Dallas-Fort Worth, the headline number is misleading. About 380 floor layers work here, one of the larger workforces we cover, but relative to the size of the local economy the trade is thinner than average, so every other employer is drawing on the same people. Local employers are still adding headcount, which keeps competition for experienced people high. Expect to recruit people who are already employed, and to make the case for moving.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Dallas-Fort Worth metro. Employers are counted by business location.
How Dallas-Fort Worth's commercial flooring market has changed since 2018.
The number of nonresidential flooring contractors in Dallas-Fort Worth rose from 68 in 2018 to 77 in 2023, up 13%, ahead of the 7% national rise. Headcount at those firms went up 9%, to about 628 people. Average annual pay there went from $68,808 to $86,929 (+26%), faster than the 23% national increase, a sign employers here have had to bid up.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
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| Nonresidential flooring contractors: business locations | 68 | 77 | +13% |
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: employment | 578 | 628 | +9% |
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: average annual pay | $68,808 | $86,929 | +26% |
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 Dallas-Fort Worth.
Is DFW's commercial flooring demand tied to Universal Studios?
No - there is no Universal Studios facility in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro. That reference appears to be a copy/paste error in the source hub data, and we don't repeat it here.
What is driving commercial flooring demand in Dallas-Fort Worth right now?
Office reset projects, including the Goldman Sachs Dallas campus's high-end commercial finish work, are driving demand for polished concrete, epoxy, and specialty LVT/sheet vinyl installers.
What do floor layers earn in Dallas-Fort Worth?
BLS puts the Dallas-Fort Worth median for floor layers at $43,950 a year, 22% below the $56,460 national median. That ranks 52nd of 56 metros with published figures, in the bottom quarter. Pay is bunched together here, $35,490 to $57,880 across the 10th to 90th percentile and only a 1.6x gap, so small differences in an offer are noticed. No other Texas metro we cover pays more for this work.
Is it hard to hire floor layers in Dallas-Fort Worth?
Yes. Dallas-Fort Worth has 38% fewer floor layers per job than the country as a whole, roughly 380 in the metro, so most of the people worth hiring are already employed. The 77 nonresidential flooring contractors here average about 8.2 employees per location. With 13% more of those firms than in 2018, more employers are competing for the same crews.
Which commercial flooring roles pay the most in Dallas-Fort Worth?
Of the roles we recruit for, Flooring Foreman pays the most in Dallas-Fort Worth, a $76,230 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Tile and Stone Setter at $47,920, 37% below it. Carpet Installer is the lowest-paid field role at $42,610. Floor Layer trails national pay the most (22% below).
How many nonresidential flooring contractors operate in Dallas-Fort Worth?
BLS counted 77 nonresidential flooring contractors in Dallas-Fort Worth in 2023, employing about 628 people between them. Up from 68 in 2018, a 13% increase against 7% growth nationally. That averages 8.2 people per location. They pay an average of $86,929, 11% above the $78,136 national average for the same kind of employer.
Which nearby metros compete with Dallas-Fort Worth for floor layers?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Oklahoma City (190 miles, $37,740 median), Houston (225 miles, about 380, $43,020 median) and Tulsa (237 miles, about 60, $38,240 median). Dallas-Fort Worth out-pays Oklahoma City and Tulsa, an advantage when recruiting from there.
We have not closed a commercial flooring search in Dallas-Fort Worth 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 Dallas-Fort Worth than imply a record in this trade that we do not have yet.
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