Commercial flooring recruiters serving Wichita.
Aerospace-grade static-control flooring for Boeing's and Textron's facilities and healthcare-grade flooring for the mental health hospital are distinct, higher-skill installs.
The Air Capital of the World, plus healthcare.
Metro pay for every role we recruit is in the table below. What the hub does name: Boeing, Textron Aviation, and the South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital as the three drivers of aerospace-grade and healthcare-grade flooring demand.
We recruit across the full org chart for commercial flooring contractors in Wichita against that documented context.
Two aircraft manufacturers, and a hospital.
Three named drivers, spanning two distinct flooring specialties.
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Boeing modernizing the Wichita site after reacquiring Spirit AeroSystems, bringing roughly 15,000 employees back under Boeing - the named driver behind aerospace-grade static-control flooring.
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Modernizing 50,000+ sq ft of manufacturing space on the east Wichita campus - a second named driver of aerospace-grade flooring demand.
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A 104-bed facility for adults with acute mental illness - the named driver behind healthcare-grade flooring.
What commercial flooring roles pay in Wichita.
In the Wichita metro, BLS puts the median for tile and stone setters at $48,520 a year, 13% below the $55,690 national median. Among the 84 metros BLS publishes for this occupation, Wichita ranks 49th on pay. Most of the market sits between $41,510 and $63,310. 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 Wichita 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 | Wichita 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) | $48,520 | $41,510–$63,310 | $55,690 | −13% | 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) | $76,410 | $50,340–$102,870 | $79,920 | −4% | – |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Wichita 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 Wichita commercial flooring hiring actually plays out in 2026.
Why we name Boeing, Textron, and the mental health hospital, not the Biomedical Campus
The $302M Wichita Biomedical Campus is named in the hub's own data as a university partnership, but the flooring mini specifically names the aerospace manufacturers and the mental health hospital, so that's what we report.
Why aerospace-grade and healthcare-grade are two distinct specialties, not general installation
The hub draws a clear line: aerospace-grade static-control flooring for Boeing and Textron, and healthcare-grade flooring for the mental health hospital, are both distinct, higher-skill installs.
What this means for sourcing
We source against verified aerospace-grade static-control flooring experience for Boeing/Textron-adjacent roles, and healthcare-grade experience for the hospital - two distinct credential pools.
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 Wichita commercial flooring clients, these are the highest-volume roles we've recruited for in the last 24 months.
- Aerospace-grade static-control flooring installer
- Healthcare-grade flooring installer
- Commercial flooring installer
- Commercial flooring project manager
For the broader picture across every commercial trade in Wichita, see the Wichita 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 Wichita, plainly.
Same approach we use in every market - but tuned for what works in Wichita's commercial flooring segment specifically:
- Same-day intake call. We get the role, the project context, the budget, your dealbreakers. For Wichita flooring work, we also confirm whether the role is aerospace-grade or healthcare-grade scope.
- Candidate sourcing within 48 hours. We pull from our existing Wichita 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 Wichita's documented general context.
How Wichita's commercial flooring market compares
In 2023 the Wichita metro had 6 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. The number of these employers fell 14.3%, as firms merged, closed or moved out. That works out to 0.9 per 100,000 residents, close to the 1.0 national rate.
Sources: BLS QCEW 2023 annual averages and BLS OEWS May 2025, Wichita metro. Employers are counted by business location.
How Wichita's commercial flooring market has changed since 2018.
Wichita lost nonresidential flooring contractors between 2018 and 2023, from 7 business locations to 6 (down 14%), behind the 7% growth nationally. With so few firms, one opening or closing moves that percentage a long way. How many people those 6 locations employ is not published: with a category this small, BLS would effectively be reporting individual employers' payrolls.
| Measure | 2018 | 2023 | Change |
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| Nonresidential flooring contractors: business locations | 7 | 6 | −14% |
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: employment | 32 | – | – |
| Nonresidential flooring contractors: average annual pay | $45,465 | – | – |
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 Wichita.
What are Wichita's named flooring demand centers?
Boeing's $1B site investment and Textron Aviation's $38M+ Defense modernization (aerospace-grade), plus the $101.5M South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital (healthcare-grade) - all named directly in the metro's own data.
What is driving commercial flooring demand in Wichita right now?
Aerospace-grade static-control flooring for Boeing's and Textron's facilities and healthcare-grade flooring for the mental health hospital are distinct, higher-skill installs.
Which commercial flooring roles pay the most in Wichita?
Of the roles we recruit for, Flooring Foreman pays the most in Wichita, a $76,410 median (BLS measures that occupation across all industries in the metro). Among field roles the top earner is Tile and Stone Setter at $48,520, 37% below it. Tile and Stone Setter trails national pay the most (13% below).
How many nonresidential flooring contractors operate in Wichita?
BLS counted 6 nonresidential flooring contractors in Wichita in 2023. Down from 7 in 2018, a 14% decline against 7% growth nationally. 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 Wichita for floor layers?
The closest metros we cover with published figures are Tulsa (130 miles, about 60, $38,240 median), Oklahoma City (154 miles, $37,740 median) and Kansas City (178 miles, about 170, $50,140 median).
Hiring commercial flooring talent in Wichita?
Tell us the role. We'll tell you timeline and where we'd source the candidate - in under 30 minutes.