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Floor Sanders and Finishers
Construction and Extraction · SOC 47-2043
0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$50,440
Median Annual Salary
Bright ↗
O*NET Outlook
700
Proj. Annual Openings
3,720
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-4.6%/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 47-2043 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
- 57/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $50,440
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 700
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +2.6%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- —
- FY— certified LCAs; 889 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
Operation and ControlActive ListeningCoordinationMonitoringOperations Monitoring
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.
9.7%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI7.1%
AI ability · AIOE21.9%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne87%
Top Skills
1.Operation and Control
2.Active Listening
3.Coordination
4.Monitoring
5.Operations Monitoring
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Scrape and sand wooden floors to smooth surfaces using floor scraper and floor sanding machine, and apply coats of finish.
Common titles: Finisher, Floor Finisher, Floor Mechanic, Floor Refinisher, Floor Sander, Floor Sander and Finisher
Representative Tasks
- •Buff and vacuum floors to ensure their cleanliness prior to the application of finish.
- •Scrape and sand floor edges and areas inaccessible to floor sanders, using scrapers, disk-type sanders, and sandpaper.
- •Inspect floors for smoothness.
- •Attach sandpaper to rollers of sanding machines.
- •Guide sanding machines over surfaces of floors until surfaces are smooth.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Clean building walls or flooring.
- •Clean facilities or sites.
- •Smooth surfaces with abrasive materials or tools.
- •Inspect completed work to ensure proper installation.
- •Load materials into construction equipment.
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft Excel · hotFloor planning softwareFloorCOST Estimator for ExcelFlooring Technologies QFloorsMeasure SquarePacific Solutions FloorRightVimeo
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 47-2043: 2019 — employment: 4,940, median wage: $39,610; 2020 — employment: 5,100, median wage: $38,850; 2021 — employment: 4,340, median wage: $39,140; 2022 — employment: 4,270, median wage: $46,060; 2023 — employment: 5,070, median wage: $47,760; 2025 — employment: 3,720, median wage: $50,440.
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 | $50,440 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |