Commercial flooring recruiters serving Dayton.
Healthcare-grade flooring for Kettering Health's facilities and lab-grade flooring for the Convergence Research Center are distinct, higher-skill niches.
Two demand centers, two credential tiers.
Metro pay for every role we recruit is in the table below. What the hub does name: Kettering Health and the Convergence Research Center as the two drivers of healthcare-grade and lab-grade flooring demand.
We recruit across the full org chart for commercial flooring contractors in Dayton against that documented context.
Aerospace research and a healthcare investment.
Two named drivers, spanning two distinct flooring specialties.
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A 43.5-acre research campus for aerospace and defense research collaboration - the named driver behind lab-grade flooring.
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A new Xenia medical center plus renovations at Greene Memorial Hospital - the named driver behind healthcare-grade flooring.
What commercial flooring roles pay in Dayton.
In the Dayton metro, BLS puts the median for tile and stone setters at $46,190 a year, 17% below the $55,690 national median. Among the 84 metros BLS publishes for this occupation, Dayton ranks 67th on pay. The range runs from $39,960 at the 10th percentile to $71,910 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 Dayton 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 | Dayton median | Typical range | National median | vs. national | Employed locally |
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| Floor LayerFloor Layers (47-2042) | – | – | $56,460 | – | – |
| Tile and Stone SetterTile and Stone Setters (47-2044) | $46,190 | $39,960–$71,910 | $55,690 | −17% | 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) | $80,220 | $59,690–$106,660 | $79,920 | 0% | – |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Dayton 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 Dayton commercial flooring hiring actually plays out in 2026.
Why we name Convergence and Kettering Health, not the citywide development wave
Dayton's $1.3B+ citywide development wave across two dozen+ projects is named in the hub's own data as the broadest capital signal, but the flooring mini specifically names Convergence and Kettering Health, so that's what we report.
Why healthcare-grade and lab-grade are two distinct specialties, not general installation
The hub draws a clear line: healthcare-grade flooring for Kettering Health and lab-grade flooring for Convergence are two distinct, higher-skill niches.
What this means for sourcing
We source against verified healthcare-grade or lab-grade flooring experience, not resume claims, given the two distinct credential pools 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 Dayton commercial flooring clients, these are the highest-volume roles we've recruited for in the last 24 months.
- Healthcare-grade flooring installer
- Lab-grade flooring installer
- Commercial flooring installer
- Commercial flooring project manager
For the broader picture across every commercial trade in Dayton, see the Dayton 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 Dayton, plainly.
Same approach we use in every market - but tuned for what works in Dayton's commercial flooring segment specifically:
- Same-day intake call. We get the role, the project context, the budget, your dealbreakers. For Dayton flooring work, we also confirm whether the role is healthcare-grade or lab-grade scope.
- Candidate sourcing within 48 hours. We pull from our existing Dayton commercial flooring candidate network, filtered for the right credential tier.
- 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 Dayton's documented general context.
How Dayton's commercial flooring market compares
In 2023 the Dayton metro had 3 nonresidential flooring contractors (counted by business location), with about 16 people on their payrolls. Average pay at those firms was $56,716, 27.4% below the national average of $78,136 for the same kind of employer. That works out to 0.4 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 |
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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.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Dayton metro. Employers are counted by business location.
How Dayton's commercial flooring market has changed since 2018.
The number of nonresidential flooring contractors in Dayton rose from 1 in 2018 to 3 in 2023, up 200%, ahead of the 7% national rise. With so few firms, one opening or closing moves that percentage a long way.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
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| Nonresidential flooring contractors: business locations | 1 | 3 | +200% |
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: employment | – | 16 | – |
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: average annual pay | – | $56,716 | – |
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 Dayton.
What are Dayton's two named flooring demand centers?
The $250M Convergence Research Center at Wright-Patterson AFB (lab-grade) and Kettering Health's $40M Greene County investment (healthcare-grade) - both named directly in the metro's own data.
What is driving commercial flooring demand in Dayton right now?
Healthcare-grade flooring for Kettering Health's facilities and lab-grade flooring for the Convergence Research Center are distinct, higher-skill niches.
Which commercial flooring roles pay the most in Dayton?
Of the roles we recruit for, Flooring Foreman pays the most in Dayton, a $80,220 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Tile and Stone Setter at $46,190, 42% below it. Tile and Stone Setter trails national pay the most (17% below).
How many nonresidential flooring contractors operate in Dayton?
BLS counted 3 nonresidential flooring contractors in Dayton in 2023, employing about 16 people between them. Up from 1 in 2018, a 200% increase against 7% growth nationally. That averages 5.3 people per location, so most are small shops. They pay an average of $56,716, 27% below the $78,136 national average for the same kind of employer.
Which nearby metros compete with Dayton for floor layers?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Cincinnati (47 miles, about 180, $57,800 median), Columbus (65 miles, about 170, $65,560 median) and Indianapolis (104 miles, about 240, $59,410 median).
Hiring commercial flooring talent in Dayton?
Tell us the role. We'll tell you timeline and where we'd source the candidate - in under 30 minutes.