47-2042 - BLS OEWS 2025
Floor layers (non-carpet) wages in New Jersey
The BLS reported a $28.77 median hourly wage for floor layers (non-carpet) in New Jersey in 2025. This page is generated only because that exact state-and-trade cell exists in the official OEWS data.
Important: These are worker wages, not contractor billing rates - a contractor's quote adds overhead, insurance, equipment, and margin.
Median hourly wage
$28.77
BLS OEWS 2025
10th-90th percentile
$21.24-$65.91
Hourly worker wage range.
Employment
700
State employment estimate.
Median-wage rank
#8
of 44 jurisdictions with this trade.
What is unique in this BLS cell
State premium
New Jersey's median is +$4.45 per hour above the median state record for floor layers (non-carpet) ($24.32).
Labor-market size
This state ranks #10 by BLS employment among generated floor layers (non-carpet) records, with 700 workers reported.
Trend
Median hourly pay moved from $44.49 in 2019 to $28.77 in 2025, a -35% change.
2019-2025 median wage trend
| Year | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $44.49 |
| 2020 | $31.64 |
| 2021 | $46.40 |
| 2022 | $54.65 |
| 2023 | $40.50 |
| 2024 | $28.25 |
| 2025 | $28.77 |
Same trade, large BLS labor markets
More New Jersey wage cells
No other New Jersey wage detail page is in the pending subset.
Source and limitation
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS), OEWS 2019-2025. This page uses only the published BLS row for Floor layers (non-carpet) in New Jersey. It does not estimate missing cells, interpolate suppressed values, or convert worker wages into contractor quotes.