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SOC 47-2044Specialty Trades

Tile and Stone Setters

Apply hard tile, stone, and comparable materials to walls, floors, ceilings, and roof decks.

Tile and Stone Setters earn a median $25.00/hr ($52,000/yr). Top-paying state: Illinois at $41.55/hr. True labor cost with burden: ~$33.75/hr.

$25.00
Median Hourly
$26.88
Mean Hourly
$52,000
Median Annual
62,500
Employment

Wage Distribution

10th
$15.55/hr
25th
$18.88/hr
Median
$25.00/hr
75th
$32.22/hr
90th
$42.55/hr

Source: BLS OEWS May 2024. Percentiles represent the wage below which a given percentage of workers fall.

Top-Paying States

#StateMedian Hourly
1Illinois$41.55
2New York$39.22
3Hawaii$37.88
4Minnesota$36.55
5Massachusetts$35.22

Top-Paying Metro Areas

#Metro AreaMedian Hourly
1Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI$46.55
2New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA$43.88
3San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA$41.22
4Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$39.55
5Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH$38.22

True Labor Cost: ~$33.75/hr

The base wage of $25.00/hr becomes approximately $33.75/hr after applying a 1.35x burden rate (payroll taxes, insurance, benefits, overhead).

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