Highest-paying Cities for Carpet Installers

The top 100 highest paying cities for carpet installers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of carpet installers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $90,430, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is the highest paying city for carpet installers. It is followed by Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California (average annual salary $88,500). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of carpet installers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Carpet Installers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$90,430	$33,730	200
2	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$88,500	$37,630	480
3	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$77,140	$36,850	1,040
4	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$76,780	$34,010	160
5	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$76,770	$28,490	60
6	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$75,280	$41,020	240
7	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$74,740	$66,760	30
8	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$73,590	$18,870	220
9	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$72,800	$38,450	180
10	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$72,220	$38,410	140
11	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$70,910	$38,850	350
12	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$64,160	$49,160	310
13	Toledo, Ohio	$63,710	$37,360	40
14	Bellingham, Washington	$63,170	$24,760	40
15	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$60,500	$37,840	30
16	St Louis, Missouri	$60,020	$33,010	150
17	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$59,970	$35,780	450
18	Springfield, Massachusetts	$59,680	$36,810	50
19	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$59,370	$26,880	230
20	Spokane, Washington	$58,840	$29,400	50
21	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$58,010	$28,330	210
22	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$57,940	$28,390	40
23	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$57,600	$42,950	30
24	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$57,420	$43,660	150
25	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$57,270	$32,860	800
26	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$56,790	$49,540	40
27	Topeka, Kansas	$56,620	$36,280	70
28	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$56,160	$36,080	40
29	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$55,850	$33,840	90
30	Camden, New Jersey	$55,630	$44,070	160
31	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$55,500	$35,370	30
32	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$55,440	$33,780	n/a
33	Lima, Ohio	$54,770	$28,200	40
34	New Haven, Connecticut	$54,140	$48,710	n/a
35	Wilmington, New Jersey	$53,810	$35,020	90
36	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$53,630	$32,510	30
37	Rochester, Minnesota	$53,020	$26,350	30
38	Madison, Wisconsin	$52,060	$31,110	90
39	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$51,850	$33,770	40
40	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$51,480	$43,450	180
41	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$51,440	$36,400	60
42	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$50,720	$35,970	260
43	Honolulu, Hawaii	$50,180	$26,000	150
44	Salinas, California	$50,050	$32,930	n/a
45	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$49,970	$32,090	80
46	Tucson, Arizona	$49,970	$25,020	50
47	Gainesville, Georgia	$49,460	$33,750	50
48	Akron, Ohio	$49,380	$37,620	n/a
49	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$49,360	$37,190	70
50	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$49,280	$38,450	420
51	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$49,280	$36,820	110
52	Columbus, Ohio	$49,200	$38,480	110
53	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$48,680	$39,420	120
54	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$48,640	$21,360	1,360
55	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$48,510	$30,090	310
56	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$48,490	$32,090	30
57	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$48,340	$32,650	50
58	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$48,040	$29,560	70
59	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$48,040	$27,620	40
60	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$48,040	$30,280	40
61	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$47,710	$21,910	150
62	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$47,580	$34,050	50
63	Peoria, Illinois	$47,420	$29,920	40
64	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$47,100	$35,380	300
65	Tacoma, Washington	$47,050	$31,680	150
66	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$46,910	$30,570	90
67	Provo-Orem, Utah	$46,910	$39,080	n/a
68	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$46,730	$36,470	100
69	Kansas City, Missouri	$46,620	$25,500	130
70	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$46,320	$25,730	n/a
71	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$46,200	$35,870	170
72	Utica-Rome, New York	$46,120	$41,230	30
73	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$46,050	$34,370	60
74	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$46,020	$33,470	40
75	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$45,870	$40,490	n/a
76	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$45,310	$34,980	60
77	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$45,180	$28,750	260
78	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$45,040	$30,920	30
79	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$44,980	$35,600	70
80	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$44,730	$32,780	40
81	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$44,720	$31,000	350
82	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$44,710	$29,930	40
83	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$44,570	$37,440	50
84	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$44,450	$36,460	60
85	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$44,230	$23,060	100
86	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$44,190	$31,200	1,200
87	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$44,160	$28,140	60
88	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$44,020	$26,960	n/a
89	Erie, Pennsylvania	$43,860	$18,410	70
90	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$43,800	$31,000	50
91	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$43,690	$28,320	50
92	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$43,600	$31,400	60
93	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$43,600	$29,910	n/a
94	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$43,580	$26,750	40
95	Yakima, Washington	$43,520	$34,160	n/a
96	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$43,450	$26,850	210
97	Modesto, California	$43,290	$30,560	50
98	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$43,160	$29,610	60
99	Salem, Oregon	$43,160	$29,570	50
100	Stockton, California	$43,000	$30,090	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for carpet installers.