47 Series · SOC 47-2081

Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$58,140

per year

Median Hourly

$27.95/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$62,810

average

Employment

82,900

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$37,810$46,880$58,140$72,660$101,380
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$18.18$22.54$27.95$34.93$48.74
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$37,810

25th Percentile

$46,880

Median

$58,140

75th Percentile

$72,660

90th Percentile

$101,380

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Hawaii $104,670 +80% above national
2 Connecticut $79,510 +37% above national
3 Alaska $75,150 +29% above national
4 Washington $70,310 +21% above national
5 Illinois $69,810 +20% above national
6 Massachusetts $67,390 +16% above national
7 California $65,880 +13% above national
8 New Jersey $64,940 +12% above national
9 Minnesota $62,390 +7% above national
10 New Hampshire $61,810 +6% above national
11 Maine $60,060 +3% above national
12 New York $59,960 +3% above national
13 Ohio $59,560 +2% above national
14 Missouri $59,050 +2% above national
15 West Virginia $58,750 +1% above national
16 Colorado $58,640 +1% above national
17 Oregon $58,460 +1% above national
18 Pennsylvania $58,270 same as national
19 Wisconsin $57,990 same as national
20 Georgia $53,590 8% below national
21 Delaware $53,300 8% below national
22 Michigan $53,170 9% below national
23 New Mexico $52,470 10% below national
24 Indiana $52,370 10% below national
25 Virginia $51,760 11% below national
26 Maryland $51,540 11% below national
27 Nevada $51,290 12% below national
28 Utah $50,860 13% below national
29 Texas $50,120 14% below national
30 Iowa $49,940 14% below national
31 Vermont $48,480 17% below national
32 Nebraska $48,470 17% below national
33 North Carolina $48,460 17% below national
34 Wyoming $48,380 17% below national
35 South Dakota $48,280 17% below national
36 Arizona $48,130 17% below national
37 Kansas $48,090 17% below national
38 Oklahoma $47,490 18% below national
39 Kentucky $46,950 19% below national
40 Florida $46,930 19% below national
41 Alabama $46,880 19% below national
42 Montana $46,030 21% below national
43 Tennessee $45,990 21% below national
44 Idaho $45,830 21% below national
45 South Carolina $44,670 23% below national
46 Arkansas $43,470 25% below national
47 Mississippi $43,470 25% below national
48 Louisiana $36,780 37% below national
49 Puerto Rico $24,910 57% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Urban Honolulu, HI $108,210 +86% above national
2 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $99,130 +71% above national
3 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $82,920 +43% above national
4 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $82,410 +42% above national
5 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $80,500 +38% above national
6 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $80,320 +38% above national
7 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $79,580 +37% above national
8 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $78,300 +35% above national
9 Worcester, MA $78,160 +34% above national
10 Napa, CA $77,890 +34% above national
11 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $77,520 +33% above national
12 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $77,030 +32% above national
13 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $76,360 +31% above national
14 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $75,820 +30% above national
15 Anchorage, AK $74,850 +29% above national
16 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $73,360 +26% above national
17 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $71,400 +23% above national
18 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $69,930 +20% above national
19 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $69,810 +20% above national
20 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $67,090 +15% above national
21 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $66,620 +15% above national
22 Bellingham, WA $66,380 +14% above national
23 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $65,840 +13% above national
24 Salinas, CA $65,550 +13% above national
25 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $65,420 +13% above national
26 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $65,250 +12% above national
27 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $64,870 +12% above national
28 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $64,170 +10% above national
29 Modesto, CA $64,160 +10% above national
30 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $64,000 +10% above national
31 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $63,840 +10% above national
32 Vallejo, CA $63,650 +9% above national
33 Columbus, OH $63,530 +9% above national
34 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $63,480 +9% above national
35 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $63,420 +9% above national
36 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $63,370 +9% above national
37 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $63,050 +8% above national
38 Stockton-Lodi, CA $63,050 +8% above national
39 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $62,970 +8% above national
40 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $62,850 +8% above national
41 Yuba City, CA $62,470 +7% above national
42 Manchester-Nashua, NH $62,310 +7% above national
43 Chico, CA $62,260 +7% above national
44 Greeley, CO $62,260 +7% above national
45 Redding, CA $62,080 +7% above national
46 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $61,910 +6% above national
47 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $61,270 +5% above national
48 St. Louis, MO-IL $61,050 +5% above national
49 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $60,860 +5% above national
50 Youngstown-Warren, OH $60,850 +5% above national
51 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $60,810 +5% above national
52 Fresno, CA $60,730 +4% above national
53 Kennewick-Richland, WA $60,640 +4% above national
54 Portland-South Portland, ME $60,610 +4% above national
55 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $60,550 +4% above national
56 Merced, CA $60,130 +3% above national
57 Pittsburgh, PA $59,600 +3% above national
58 Sheboygan, WI $59,380 +2% above national
59 York-Hanover, PA $58,960 +1% above national
60 Rochester, NY $58,810 +1% above national
61 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $58,370 same as national
62 Madison, WI $58,330 same as national
63 Kansas City, MO-KS $58,300 same as national
64 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $58,240 same as national
65 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $58,240 same as national
66 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $58,140 same as national
67 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $58,000 same as national
68 Eau Claire, WI $57,700 1% below national
69 Yakima, WA $57,520 1% below national
70 Eugene-Springfield, OR $57,360 1% below national
71 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $57,200 2% below national
72 Springfield, MO $57,140 2% below national
73 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $57,030 2% below national
74 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $56,680 3% below national
75 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $56,520 3% below national
76 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $56,330 3% below national
77 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $56,320 3% below national
78 Omaha, NE-IA $56,190 3% below national
79 Canton-Massillon, OH $56,100 4% below national
80 Cedar Rapids, IA $56,020 4% below national
81 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $56,020 4% below national
82 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $55,790 4% below national
83 Cleveland, OH $55,480 5% below national
84 Lancaster, PA $55,120 5% below national
85 Toledo, OH $54,970 5% below national
86 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $54,900 6% below national
87 Colorado Springs, CO $54,440 6% below national
88 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $54,160 7% below national
89 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $53,780 7% below national
90 Santa Fe, NM $53,430 8% below national
91 Asheville, NC $53,260 8% below national
92 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $52,940 9% below national
93 Reno, NV $52,790 9% below national
94 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $52,560 10% below national
95 Albuquerque, NM $52,470 10% below national
96 Evansville, IN $52,430 10% below national
97 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $51,550 11% below national
98 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $51,330 12% below national
99 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $51,290 12% below national
100 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $51,090 12% below national
101 Raleigh-Cary, NC $50,850 13% below national
102 Salem, OR $50,640 13% below national
103 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $50,550 13% below national
104 Naples-Marco Island, FL $50,300 13% below national
105 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $50,170 14% below national
106 Fayetteville, NC $50,000 14% below national
107 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $49,930 14% below national
108 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $49,920 14% below national
109 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $49,840 14% below national
110 Sherman-Denison, TX $49,760 14% below national
111 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $49,740 14% below national
112 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $49,740 14% below national
113 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $49,410 15% below national
114 Yuma, AZ $49,400 15% below national
115 Jacksonville, FL $49,350 15% below national
116 Greensboro-High Point, NC $49,180 15% below national
117 St. George, UT $49,180 15% below national
118 Topeka, KS $49,160 15% below national
119 Ogden, UT $49,090 16% below national
120 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $49,010 16% below national
121 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $48,900 16% below national
122 Bend, OR $48,830 16% below national
123 Punta Gorda, FL $48,810 16% below national
124 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $48,680 16% below national
125 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $48,550 16% below national
126 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $48,520 17% below national
127 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $48,480 17% below national
128 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $48,430 17% below national
129 Logan, UT-ID $48,430 17% below national
130 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $48,370 17% below national
131 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $48,350 17% below national
132 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $48,310 17% below national
133 Amarillo, TX $48,260 17% below national
134 Syracuse, NY $48,220 17% below national
135 Richmond, VA $48,170 17% below national
136 Charlottesville, VA $48,110 17% below national
137 Birmingham, AL $48,060 17% below national
138 Waco, TX $47,970 17% below national
139 Dover, DE $47,940 18% below national
140 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $47,890 18% below national
141 Grants Pass, OR $47,820 18% below national
142 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $47,810 18% below national
143 Tulsa, OK $47,800 18% below national
144 Lincoln, NE $47,680 18% below national
145 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $47,640 18% below national
146 Wichita, KS $47,620 18% below national
147 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $47,610 18% below national
148 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $47,440 18% below national
149 Albany, OR $47,310 19% below national
150 Harrisonburg, VA $47,250 19% below national
151 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $47,210 19% below national
152 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $47,170 19% below national
153 Lexington-Fayette, KY $47,080 19% below national
154 Oklahoma City, OK $47,080 19% below national
155 Coeur d'Alene, ID $47,050 19% below national
156 Medford, OR $47,020 19% below national
157 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $47,020 19% below national
158 Rapid City, SD $47,010 19% below national
159 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $46,930 19% below national
160 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $46,880 19% below national
161 Boise City, ID $46,710 20% below national
162 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $46,530 20% below national
163 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $46,460 20% below national
164 Tuscaloosa, AL $46,440 20% below national
165 Port St. Lucie, FL $46,230 20% below national
166 El Paso, TX $46,110 21% below national
167 Knoxville, TN $46,090 21% below national
168 Grand Island, NE $46,010 21% below national
169 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $45,980 21% below national
170 Winchester, VA-WV $45,950 21% below national
171 Grand Junction, CO $45,870 21% below national
172 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $45,790 21% below national
173 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $45,760 21% below national
174 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $45,760 21% below national
175 Jackson, MS $45,750 21% below national
176 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $45,680 21% below national
177 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $45,520 22% below national
178 Roanoke, VA $45,010 23% below national
179 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $45,010 23% below national
180 Huntsville, AL $44,990 23% below national
181 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $44,880 23% below national
182 Lynchburg, VA $44,870 23% below national
183 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $44,700 23% below national
184 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $44,440 24% below national
185 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $44,420 24% below national
186 Mobile, AL $44,360 24% below national
187 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $44,260 24% below national
188 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $44,200 24% below national
189 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $43,840 25% below national
190 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $43,820 25% below national
191 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $43,790 25% below national
192 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $43,750 25% below national
193 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $43,700 25% below national
194 Odessa, TX $43,620 25% below national
195 Tucson, AZ $43,410 25% below national
196 Ocala, FL $43,280 26% below national
197 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $43,150 26% below national
198 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $42,740 26% below national
199 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $42,570 27% below national
200 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $42,100 28% below national
201 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $41,300 29% below national
202 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $41,290 29% below national
203 Columbia, SC $41,020 29% below national
204 Tallahassee, FL $39,910 31% below national
205 Lafayette, LA $39,800 32% below national
206 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $39,420 32% below national
207 Tyler, TX $39,310 32% below national
208 Killeen-Temple, TX $39,130 33% below national
209 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $38,840 33% below national
210 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $38,770 33% below national
211 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $38,650 34% below national
212 Lake Charles, LA $37,570 35% below national
213 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $37,090 36% below national
214 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $36,840 37% below national
215 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $36,620 37% below national
216 Twin Falls, ID $36,280 38% below national
217 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $35,880 38% below national
218 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $34,890 40% below national
219 Baton Rouge, LA $33,690 42% below national
220 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $24,190 58% below national

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