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Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
Construction and Extraction · SOC 47-2042
0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$56,460
Median Annual Salary
Bright ↗
O*NET Outlook
2,500
Proj. Annual Openings
23,640
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+6.4%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 47-2042 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
- SOC exposure
- 0.0%
- Low · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 56/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $56,460
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 2,500
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +9.5%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 0
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 3,864 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
Active ListeningSpeakingCritical ThinkingMonitoringSocial Perceptiveness
Transition context
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
AI Exposure Analysis
AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure1.2%
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
10.9%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI0%
AI ability · AIOE32.6%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne79%
Top Skills
1.Active Listening
2.Speaking
3.Critical Thinking
4.Monitoring
5.Social Perceptiveness
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
2
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
0
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$0
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#619 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Apply blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors.
Common titles: Floor Covering Contractor, Floor Coverings Installer, Floor Layer, Flooring Installer, Flooring Mechanic, Tile Installer
Representative Tasks
- •Sweep, scrape, sand, or chip dirt and irregularities to clean base surfaces, correcting imperfections that may show through the covering.
- •Cut flooring material to fit around obstructions.
- •Inspect surface to be covered to ensure that it is firm and dry.
- •Trim excess covering materials, tack edges, and join sections of covering material to form tight joint.
- •Form a smooth foundation by stapling plywood or Masonite over the floor or by brushing waterproof compound onto surface and filling cracks with plaster, putty, or grout to seal pores.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Cut carpet, vinyl or other flexible materials.
- •Prepare surfaces for finishing.
- •Clean surfaces in preparation for work activities.
- •Inspect work sites to determine condition or necessary repairs.
- •Trim excess material from installations.
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft Office software · hotAya Associates Comp-U-FloorCPR Software FloorCOST Estimator for ExcelFlooring Technologies QFloorsFocus Floor Covering SoftwareMeasure Square FloorEstimate ProOn Center On-Screen TakeoffPacific Solutions FloorRightProject visualization softwareTextile Management Systems RollMaster
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
15
Occupations Shown
1.2%
Avg AI Exposure
12
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Multi-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 47-2042: 2019 — employment: 16,290, median wage: $44,240; 2020 — employment: 16,720, median wage: $45,520; 2021 — employment: 18,300, median wage: $48,060; 2022 — employment: 20,710, median wage: $48,870; 2023 — employment: 25,150, median wage: $48,840; 2025 — employment: 23,640, median wage: $56,460.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 0.0% | 1.2% |
| Outlook | Bright ↗ | 70% Bright |
| Median Salary | $56,460 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |