Floor Sanders and Finishers Salary and Pay
How much do Floor Sanders and Finishers make?
Median pay for Floor Sanders and Finishers is $49,150 a year ($23.63); the mean is $50,880. The occupation employed 4,140 people in May 2024, and its middle band runs from $41,320 to $58,230.
Floor Sanders and Finishers salary data without the self-reported noise: BLS surveyed the employers, and this page prints the ladder, the states, and the metros exactly as the survey published them.
Updated November 5, 2026
Salary converter for this occupation
Conversions use 12 months, 26 biweekly periods, 52 weeks, and 2,080 hours. No level in this occupation's ladder reaches the BLS top code, so every figure the converter shows is a published estimate rather than a floor.
The national wage ladder (BLS OEWS, May 2024)
| Pay level | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $35,790 | $17.21 |
| 25th percentile | $41,320 | $19.87 |
| Median (50th) | $49,150 | $23.63 |
| 75th percentile | $58,230 | $27.99 |
| 90th percentile | $66,510 | $31.98 |
The five rows are five different workers in the same occupation, from the 10th percentile ($35,790) to the 90th ($66,510). BLS suppresses cells that fail its reliability rules (n/p here) and caps the highest wages at $239,200+ a year or $115.00+ an hour; in this ladder that top code appears at the very top rows only.
Employment and concentration
BLS counted 4,140 Floor Sanders and Finishers jobs in May 2024, which is 0.00% of all U.S. employment in the survey. Work is most concentrated in Alaska, where the location quotient is 3.62, meaning the occupation holds 3.62 times its national share of local jobs. North Carolina employs the most people outright, 370 of them, and the three largest state employers together account for 20.0% of the national total.
Pay inside the occupation is wide: $30,720 separates the ends of its ladder. The 90th percentile ($66,510) is 1.9 times the 10th percentile ($35,790), a gap of $30,720 a year. The mean of $50,880 sitting above the median of $49,150 tells you the top end pulls the average up: most workers cluster below the mean, and the high tail is thin.
Pay by state
The state spread for Floor Sanders and Finishers runs from the $73,140 median in Washington down through every other publishing state. Employment concentrates in North Carolina (370 jobs). The complete table:
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Location quotient | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 370 | 0.1 | 2.83 | $43,080 | $43,550 |
| Georgia | 240 | 0.0 | 1.83 | $56,270 | $52,730 |
| Colorado | 220 | 0.1 | 2.88 | $53,400 | $49,180 |
| Tennessee | 220 | 0.1 | 2.55 | $45,760 | $50,310 |
| Florida | 210 | 0.0 | 0.79 | $50,160 | $51,750 |
| Virginia | 210 | 0.1 | 1.94 | $47,560 | $46,840 |
| Pennsylvania | 120 | 0.0 | 0.74 | $54,790 | $53,780 |
| Missouri | 80 | 0.0 | 1.00 | $53,760 | $54,340 |
| Alaska | 30 | 0.1 | 3.62 | $50,260 | $48,200 |
| California | n/p | n/p | n/p | $58,800 | $45,180 |
| Indiana | n/p | n/p | n/p | $48,910 | $48,480 |
| Maryland | n/p | n/p | n/p | $45,830 | $48,580 |
| Massachusetts | n/p | n/p | n/p | $49,300 | $47,020 |
| Minnesota | n/p | n/p | n/p | $59,420 | $60,690 |
| Nebraska | n/p | n/p | n/p | $45,760 | $45,440 |
| New York | n/p | n/p | n/p | $56,050 | $50,460 |
| Ohio | n/p | n/p | n/p | $45,570 | $46,160 |
| Oregon | n/p | n/p | n/p | $63,120 | $65,180 |
| Texas | n/p | n/p | n/p | $46,440 | $50,930 |
| Washington | n/p | n/p | n/p | $71,720 | $73,140 |
| Wisconsin | n/p | n/p | n/p | $50,460 | $43,350 |
The occupation in context
Ranked against all 826 published occupations, Floor Sanders and Finishers stands number 768 by employment and number 541 by median pay. Inside its own major group, Construction and Extraction Occupations, the group median wage is $54,660 across 60 detailed occupations, so this occupation pays 10% less than its group median, and it supplies 0.1% of the group's 6,361,730 jobs. In 11 of the 21 states with a published median, the state median beats the national median of $49,150, which is the single best quick test of whether this occupation's pay is set nationally or locally: a high count means local markets regularly outbid the national figure.
Metropolitan areas: where the jobs and the pay sit
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is the largest metro employer with 190 jobs, 4.6% of the national total. The first table ranks metros by employment; the second ranks them by mean pay among metros with at least 500 jobs in the occupation, because a three-person metro can top a pay table by accident.
Largest metro employers
| Metropolitan area | Employment | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 190 | $50,530 | $52,240 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 180 | $58,640 | $53,530 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 50 | $43,830 | $38,790 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 40 | $51,670 | $53,860 |
| Anchorage, AK | 30 | $50,130 | $48,200 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 30 | $59,150 | $59,920 |
| Wilmington, NC | 30 | $41,440 | $43,680 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | n/p | $50,530 | $47,130 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | n/p | $60,860 | $60,690 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | n/p | $58,960 | $50,460 |
What the median pay looks like as a budget
As a household number, $49,150 a year is $4,096 a month gross, $1,890 every two weeks, $945 a week. Moving from the 25th percentile ($41,320) to the 75th ($58,230) is worth $16,910 a year, which is the realistic size of the experience and specialization premium inside this occupation. The next step from a gross figure is a net one: run the $4,096 monthly figure through the paycheck calculator applies your state's taxes, the salary calculator compares two offers in any unit, and the raise vs inflation calculator tells you whether a nominal raise is a real one.
To place a real offer: a salary of $54,065 would sit between the median ($49,150) and the 75th percentile ($58,230), inside the top half but outside the top quarter of this occupation's ladder. An offer at the 25th percentile, $41,320, is $7,830 under the median, the typical size of the discount attached to entry-level or low-cost-market postings in this field.
Related occupations in Construction and Extraction Occupations
Compare the ladder above with the closest relatives in the survey: Helpers--Carpenters, Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers, Fence Erectors, Plasterers and Stucco Masons, Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas, Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators. The Careers hub carries the whole branch, group by group.
Frequently asked questions
How much do Floor Sanders and Finishers make?
The median annual wage is $49,150 and the mean is $50,880 in the BLS OEWS May 2024 estimates. The middle half of workers earn between $41,320 and $58,230 a year.
Which state pays Floor Sanders and Finishers the most?
By median annual wage, Washington leads the state table at $73,140, based on n/p jobs in that state. By mean wage and by headcount the leaders can differ, so the state table on this page shows all three measures side by side.
How many Floor Sanders and Finishers are there in the United States?
BLS counted 4,140 wage and salary workers in this occupation in May 2024, 0.00% of all U.S. employment in the survey. The largest state employer is North Carolina with 370 jobs.
What do the OEWS percentiles mean for Floor Sanders and Finishers?
They mark points in this occupation's pay distribution. One worker in ten earns $35,790 or less and one in ten earns $66,510 or more; the median, $49,150, is the wage of the worker exactly in the middle of the 4,140 counted jobs.