Commercial flooring recruiters serving Modesto.
Healthcare-grade seamless resinous flooring for Sutter Health's cancer center is a distinct, higher-skill installation than conventional commercial flooring.
A four-story cancer treatment facility.
Metro pay for every role we recruit is in the table below. What the hub does name: Sutter Health's $380M Advanced Cancer Center as the driver of healthcare-grade seamless resinous flooring demand.
We recruit across the full org chart for commercial flooring contractors in Modesto against that documented context.
Cancer treatment and ambulatory surgery.
One named driver, at real scale.
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A four-story, 165,000 sq ft facility on the Memorial Medical Center campus with cancer treatment floors and a 4-OR ambulatory surgery center - the named driver behind healthcare-grade seamless resinous flooring.
What commercial flooring roles pay in Modesto.
In the Modesto metro, BLS puts the median for floor layers at $47,170 a year, 16% below the $56,460 national median. Among the 56 metros BLS publishes for this occupation, Modesto ranks 48th on pay. The range runs from $34,320 at the 10th percentile to $76,870 at the 90th, so experience is priced well above the middle of the market. Of the other field roles, tile and stone setter pays the most locally, at a $50,970 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 Modesto pay for 2 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 | Modesto median | Typical range | National median | vs. national | Employed locally |
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| Floor LayerFloor Layers (47-2042) | $47,170 | $34,320–$76,870 | $56,460 | −16% | 60 |
| Tile and Stone SetterTile and Stone Setters (47-2044) | $50,970 | $37,560–$76,950 | $55,690 | −8% | 120 |
| 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) | $91,140 | $60,000–$137,610 | $79,920 | +14% | – |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Modesto 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 Modesto commercial flooring hiring actually plays out in 2026.
Why we name the Sutter Health cancer center, not the North County Corridor
The North County Corridor Phase 1 expressway is named in the hub's own data as heavy-civil work, but the flooring mini specifically names Sutter Health's cancer center, so that's what we report.
Why healthcare-grade seamless resinous is the named specialty, not general installation
The hub draws a clear line: healthcare-grade seamless resinous flooring for the cancer center is distinct and higher-skill than conventional commercial flooring.
What this means for sourcing
We source against verified healthcare-grade seamless resinous flooring experience, not resume claims, given the specific driver 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 Modesto commercial flooring clients, these are the highest-volume roles we've recruited for in the last 24 months.
- Healthcare-grade seamless resinous flooring installer
- Hospital flooring installer
- Commercial flooring installer
- Commercial flooring project manager
For the broader picture across every commercial trade in Modesto, see the Modesto 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 Modesto, plainly.
Same approach we use in every market - but tuned for what works in Modesto's commercial flooring segment specifically:
- Same-day intake call. We get the role, the project context, the budget, your dealbreakers. For Modesto flooring work, we also confirm whether the role requires healthcare-grade certification.
- Candidate sourcing within 48 hours. We pull from our existing Modesto commercial flooring candidate network, filtered for verified healthcare-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 Modesto's documented general context.
Modesto runs 104% 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 Modesto's commercial flooring market compares
In 2023 the Modesto metro had 2 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 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.
Among the 54 metros we cover with published BLS figures, Modesto ranks 41st for headcount, 46th for median pay and 8th for concentration for floor layers. That puts it among the deepest commercial flooring labor markets in the country.
| Metro | Employed | Median pay | Concentration | Commercial employers |
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| Los Angeles | 1,350 | $59,090 | 1.41 | 84 |
| San Francisco | 600 | $74,970 | 1.66 | 36 |
| San Diego | 450 | $56,150 | 1.91 | 33 |
| Riverside | 440 | $56,130 | 1.67 | 43 |
| San Jose | 340 | $105,280 | 2.00 | 14 |
| Sacramento | 310 | $63,970 | 1.91 | 19 |
| Fresno | 120 | $51,980 | 1.59 | 10 |
| Stockton | 120 | $69,610 | 2.78 | 9 |
| Modesto | 60 | $47,170 | 2.04 | 2 |
| Bakersfield | 50 | $55,690 | 0.96 | 1 |
BLS OEWS occupation figures and QCEW business-location counts; a dash means not published.
What this means for hiring:For commercial flooring employers in Modesto, the local pool is deeper than most, so a well-run search can usually fill field roles from inside the metro.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Modesto metro. Employers are counted by business location.
How Modesto's commercial flooring market has changed since 2018.
Modesto had 2 nonresidential flooring contractors in 2023, exactly as many as in 2018. With so few firms, one opening or closing moves that percentage a long way. How many people those 2 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 | 2 | 2 | +0% |
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 Modesto.
What is Modesto's named flooring demand center?
Sutter Health's $380M Advanced Cancer Center and Care Complex on the Memorial Medical Center campus - named directly in the metro's own data.
What is driving commercial flooring demand in Modesto right now?
Healthcare-grade seamless resinous flooring for Sutter Health's cancer center is a distinct, higher-skill installation than conventional commercial flooring.
What do floor layers earn in Modesto?
BLS puts the Modesto median for floor layers at $47,170 a year, 16% below the $56,460 national median. That ranks 48th of 56 metros with published figures, in the bottom quarter. Experience carries a clear premium, $34,320 at the 10th percentile against $76,870 at the 90th - a 2.2x gap - so an offer at the median mostly reaches newer workers. Within California, San Jose pays more, at $105,280.
Is it hard to hire floor layers in Modesto?
Not by national standards. Floor layers make up 104% more of the Modesto workforce than they do nationally, about 60 people.
Which commercial flooring roles pay the most in Modesto?
Of the roles we recruit for, Flooring Foreman pays the most in Modesto, a $91,140 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Tile and Stone Setter at $50,970, 44% below it. Floor Layer is the lowest-paid field role at $47,170. Relative to national pay, Flooring Foreman is the strongest-paying role here (14% above). Floor Layer trails national pay the most (16% below).
How many nonresidential flooring contractors operate in Modesto?
BLS counted 2 nonresidential flooring contractors in Modesto in 2023. That is roughly where the count stood in 2018 (2). 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 Modesto for floor layers?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Stockton (27 miles, about 120, $69,610 median), San Jose (53 miles, about 340, $105,280 median) and Sacramento (71 miles, about 310, $63,970 median). Stockton has the larger pool, so it is the first place to look for senior people willing to move. Stockton pays 48% more, which is where Modesto employers tend to lose people.
Hiring commercial flooring talent in Modesto?
Tell us the role. We'll tell you timeline and where we'd source the candidate - in under 30 minutes.