Commercial flooring recruiters serving Memphis.
Industrial flooring for automated sorting facilities is a specialty niche given the scale of conveyor and materials-handling infrastructure; general commercial flooring tracks national average.
A specialty niche, and an honest baseline.
Metro pay for every role we recruit is in the table below. What the hub does say: industrial sorting-facility flooring at FedEx is a specialty niche, while general commercial flooring elsewhere tracks national average.
We recruit across the full org chart for commercial flooring contractors in Memphis against that documented context.
The world's largest air-cargo hub.
One named driver, at global scale.
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FedEx's broader modernization of its Memphis air-cargo hub, the largest in the world - the named driver behind industrial flooring for automated sorting facilities at massive conveyor and materials-handling scale.
What commercial flooring roles pay in Memphis.
In the Memphis metro, BLS puts the median for tile and stone setters at $45,760 a year, 18% below the $55,690 national median. Among the 84 metros BLS publishes for this occupation, Memphis ranks 69th on pay. Most of the market sits between $35,020 and $57,570. 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 Memphis 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 | Memphis 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) | $45,760 | $35,020–$57,570 | $55,690 | −18% | 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) | $75,850 | $49,500–$109,280 | $79,920 | −5% | – |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Memphis 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 Memphis commercial flooring hiring actually plays out in 2026.
Why we name the World Hub overhaul specifically
FedEx also has a $400M new sorting facility and an $18.1M freight-canopy expansion underway, both named in the hub's own data - all three draw on the same automated-sorting-facility flooring specialty.
Why automated sorting facility flooring is a specialty niche, not the volume market
The hub is explicit: outside the conveyor and materials-handling niche, general commercial flooring in Memphis tracks national average - no inflated market-wide story.
What this means for sourcing
We source against verified large-scale industrial and materials-handling flooring experience for FedEx-adjacent roles, and standard commercial experience 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 Memphis commercial flooring clients, these are the highest-volume roles we've recruited for in the last 24 months.
- Industrial sorting-facility flooring installer
- Materials-handling flooring installer
- Commercial flooring installer
- Commercial flooring project manager
For the broader picture across every commercial trade in Memphis, see the Memphis 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 Memphis, plainly.
Same approach we use in every market - but tuned for what works in Memphis's commercial flooring segment specifically:
- Same-day intake call. We get the role, the project context, the budget, your dealbreakers. For Memphis flooring work, we also confirm whether the role is FedEx-adjacent sorting-facility or general commercial scope.
- Candidate sourcing within 48 hours. We pull from our existing Memphis commercial flooring candidate network, filtered for verified large-scale industrial 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 Memphis's documented general context.
How Memphis's commercial flooring market compares
In 2023 the Memphis metro had 14 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. That works out to 1.0 per 100,000 residents, close to the 1.0 national rate.
| Metro | Employed | Median pay | Concentration | Commercial employers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville | 80 | $55,720 | 0.45 | 28 |
| Knoxville | 30 | $51,480 | 0.51 | 13 |
| Memphis | – | – | – | 14 |
| Chattanooga | – | – | – | 4 |
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, Memphis metro. Employers are counted by business location.
How Memphis's commercial flooring market has changed since 2018.
Memphis had 14 nonresidential flooring contractors in 2023, exactly as many as in 2018. How many people those 14 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 | 14 | 14 | +0% |
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: employment | 75 | – | – |
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: average annual pay | $60,028 | – | – |
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 Memphis.
What is Memphis's named flooring demand center?
Industrial flooring for automated sorting facilities at FedEx, led by the ~$1B Memphis World Hub overhaul - a specialty niche distinct from the general commercial market.
What is driving commercial flooring demand in Memphis right now?
Industrial flooring for automated sorting facilities is a specialty niche given the scale of conveyor and materials-handling infrastructure; general commercial flooring tracks national average.
Which commercial flooring roles pay the most in Memphis?
Of the roles we recruit for, Flooring Foreman pays the most in Memphis, a $75,850 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Tile and Stone Setter at $45,760, 40% below it. Tile and Stone Setter trails national pay the most (18% below).
How many nonresidential flooring contractors operate in Memphis?
BLS counted 14 nonresidential flooring contractors in Memphis in 2023. That is roughly where the count stood in 2018 (14). 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 Memphis for floor layers?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Nashville (196 miles, about 80, $55,720 median) and St. Louis (240 miles, about 410, $71,730 median).
Hiring commercial flooring talent in Memphis?
Tell us the role. We'll tell you timeline and where we'd source the candidate - in under 30 minutes.