Carpet Installers salary

SOC 47-2041 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$50,340

per year, nationally

Middle half

$41,970–$66,320

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

13,780

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-9.6%

1,100 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$35,450$82,140

10th: $35,450
25th: $41,970
Median: $50,340
75th: $66,320
90th: $82,140

Getting in

Typical education to enter: No formal educational credential
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where carpet installers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	New Jersey	$115,180	108.8	390	1.03×
2	Minnesota	$85,910	98.6	—	—
3	Alaska	$76,790	102.4	70	2.35×
4	Tennessee	$74,510	91.9	50	0.18×
5	Nevada	$67,040	100.0	710	5.15×
6	New Hampshire	$65,600	104.2	60	1.01×
7	Missouri	$63,960	90.8	230	0.89×
8	Wisconsin	$60,830	94.1	420	1.60×
9	Hawaii	$58,710	110.0	—	—
10	Kansas	$57,920	90.1	70	0.58×
11	Oregon	$57,800	103.4	520	3.00×
12	Maryland	$57,030	105.0	250	1.02×
13	Iowa	$55,920	87.8	—	—
14	Washington	$54,830	107.0	470	1.50×
15	Vermont	$54,830	98.0	30	1.11×
16	California	$54,440	110.7	2,270	1.41×
17	Ohio	$54,370	92.8	310	0.63×
18	New Mexico	$52,700	92.2	60	0.79×
19	New York	$52,160	107.9	710	0.82×
20	Idaho	$51,550	95.5	170	2.23×
21	Colorado	$51,280	103.1	190	0.76×
22	Nebraska	$50,600	90.1	—	—
23	Delaware	$50,350	99.8	70	1.70×
24	Indiana	$49,640	93.3	190	0.66×
25	Illinois	$49,480	100.0	580	1.08×
26	Louisiana	$49,400	88.2	100	0.58×
27	Connecticut	$49,230	103.6	40	0.26×
28	Virginia	$48,920	101.1	210	0.57×
29	Michigan	$48,790	96.2	470	1.21×
30	Florida	$48,580	103.4	550	0.63×
31	Georgia	$48,260	96.3	530	1.23×
32	Massachusetts	$47,930	105.8	—	—
33	Arizona	$47,920	100.7	260	0.92×
34	Alabama	$46,600	88.8	190	1.01×
35	Pennsylvania	$46,030	97.6	490	0.92×
36	Utah	$44,480	98.9	240	1.54×
37	Montana	$43,840	94.6	150	3.22×
38	Texas	$43,610	97.1	810	0.65×
39	Oklahoma	$42,490	87.8	50	0.32×
40	South Dakota	$40,420	88.6	80	1.95×
41	Kentucky	$37,800	90.2	130	0.74×
42	Arkansas	$37,390	86.9	50	0.39×
43	Mississippi	$36,590	87.0	180	1.79×
44	West Virginia	$36,220	89.5	50	0.73×
45	South Carolina	$33,810	93.7	80	0.37×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where carpet installers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for carpet installers

The 38 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Reno, NV	$78,080	101.0	180	7.55×
2	Anchorage, AK	$76,790	105.4	50	3.24×
3	St. Louis, MO-IL	$71,020	95.1	130	1.06×
4	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$69,660	98.9	30	2.16×
5	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$64,590	112.6	620	0.73×
6	Kansas City, MO-KS	$63,500	92.5	70	0.74×
7	Rochester, NY	$61,700	97.0	70	1.51×
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$61,500	115.6	290	1.36×
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$58,500	108.9	160	0.56×
10	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$57,840	105.4	360	3.32×
11	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$57,540	111.9	320	2.35×
12	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$57,030	104.5	130	1.06×
13	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$55,850	95.4	70	0.70×
14	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$54,850	100.2	500	4.99×
15	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$54,080	113.6	790	1.41×
16	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$53,610	105.8	—	—
17	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$51,360	97.3	60	0.51×
18	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$51,270	93.3	30	0.90×
19	Peoria, IL	$50,410	91.2	40	3.02×
20	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$50,340	95.5	90	1.68×
21	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$50,340	100.1	—	—
22	Omaha, NE-IA	$50,100	91.9	70	1.63×
23	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$49,630	106.4	230	1.52×
24	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$49,550	100.9	100	0.82×
25	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$49,510	100.3	210	1.22×
26	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$48,900	108.3	—	—
27	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$48,830	110.4	90	0.92×
28	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$48,820	99.6	50	1.31×
29	Columbus, OH	$48,650	95.5	80	0.79×
30	Fresno, CA	$48,630	102.2	40	1.06×
31	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$47,920	103.3	170	0.81×
32	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$47,730	101.4	50	0.36×
33	Springfield, MA	$47,650	96.1	—	—
34	Pittsburgh, PA	$47,520	94.7	90	0.92×
35	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$47,100	98.7	60	2.16×
36	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$46,060	100.9	100	1.36×
37	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$42,610	103.1	230	0.65×
38	Jackson, MS	$38,080	89.0	60	2.61×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where carpet installers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Construction Laborers$47,120
Electricians$63,190
Carpenters$60,580
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$59,850
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$63,800
Painters, Construction and Maintenance$49,400
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$57,020
Roofers$55,440