What is the salary for Flooring Installation labourers?

Question

Does anyone out there work for a contracting company or do you perhaps own your own flooring business and if so what wage do you get/what wage do you pay for your employees? Also to compare, please list the city/area you live in.

Right now my spouse is employed at $18/hr but that isn't enough for all the work he does. He has worked gor his uncle for 18 years now and he is still only at $18/hr. I have had it! The business is the only flooring company in town and they get all the big contracts so my husband makes his uncle rich! Get this! The uncle is also the mayor of our town and owns the largest restaurant and hotel/beverage room and vendor! He doesn't even need the flooring business but he hangs onto it and why not when he doesn't have to do any physical labor! I have asked over and over for my husband to demand a raise but he won't. There are no benefits in the job either! We, his family are not covered should anything, God forbid, happen to him. Am I sounding greedy or does the situation give me right to vent about our situation? I am also employed full time but I make $15/hr and I work in an office. Shouldn't he get more than I do? What do ya all think?

Answer 1

Native Residential Construction Worker

Average journeyperson’s salary: $14.00 – $32.00/hour, not including overtime and benefits.

Employment in this trade is fair throughout 2007. Supervisors and forepersons can earn significantly more. Most work is outdoors, but finishing work is often in enclosed areas. Work is often seasonal, but doing interior finishing can help these tradespersons get through the off-season. Because this is a construction trade, Native Residential Construction Workers often move from construction site to construction site to find work.
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Answer 2

Not enough, that is for sure, I used to do tile and the guys I spoke with usually started out around $9 an hour and who knows where they top out at, you can make some pretty good coin doing that, but your body will pay for it, it is really hard work. If you go that route, you should be looking at an end goal of getting your contractors lic and hiring others to do the harder work for you. I would say you would do great till your late 20's, but sometime between then and your mid 30's you will find out the meaning of growing old the hard way if you are still doing the grunt work yourself.

John B.

Answer 3

My husband installs floors, and I used to do scheduling for a flooring company.

Installers (not helpers) are paid by the square foot or square yard, depending on the material. Carpet pays anywhere from $1.90/sy for new construction base grade to $4.00/sy premium retail. Tile pays $2.00/sf for a straight lay, more for the diagonal and for trim. Vinyl pays $3.80/sy. Rip out and prep work pays extra. Most places make installers pay for their own material (tack strip, patch, seam tape, etc.)

Some helpers are paid by the hour and some get a percentage after supplies and backcharges.

Southeastern United States.