Headline risk
4%
Very Low RiskCarpet installers
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Lay and install carpet from rolls or blocks on floors. Install padding and trim flooring materials.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 49,850
Employment 2024
20.3K
Projected Change (2024–34)
-9.6%
Openings (2024–34)
1.1K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Overall employment of flooring installers and tile and stone setters is projected to grow 6 percent from 2024 to 2034, faster than the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Cut and trim carpet to fit along wall edges, openings, and projections, finishing the edges with a wall trimmer. AI use: 0%
- 2. Roll out, measure, mark, and cut carpeting to size with a carpet knife, following floor sketches and allowing extra carpet for final fitting. AI use: 0%
- 3. Join edges of carpet and seam edges where necessary, by sewing or by using tape with glue and heated carpet iron. AI use: 0%
- 4. Inspect the surface to be covered to determine its condition, and correct any imperfections that might show through carpet or cause carpet to wear unevenly. AI use: 0%
- 5. Stretch carpet to align with walls and ensure a smooth surface, and press carpet in place over tack strips or use staples, tape, tacks or glue to hold carpet in place. AI use: 0%
- 6. Install carpet on some floors using adhesive, following prescribed method. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 41.0 · 105K employed
Under 25: 9% · 25–54: 79% · 55+: 12%
Related
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
major_group_fallback · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Flooring installers and tile and stone setters lay and finish carpet, wood, vinyl, tile, and other materials.
Installing flooring, tile, and stone is physically demanding, with workers spending much of their time reaching, bending, and kneeling. Most work full time, although schedules may vary.
Flooring installers and tile and stone setters typically need no formal educational credential. They learn their trade on the job, sometimes starting as a helper .
The median annual wage for flooring installers and tile and stone setters was $52,000 in May 2024.
Overall employment of flooring installers and tile and stone setters is projected to grow 6 percent from 2024 to 2034, faster than the average for all occupations.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.