How much do Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles make in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Percentile spread

For Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles, the published 10th percentile is $62,460 and the 90th percentile is $123,240. The difference is $60,780, which is 61.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $67,210 to the 75th at $109,880, covers $42,670.

The mean annual wage is $91,530, which sits below the median of $98,290. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH median is 74.1% higher than the national median of $56,460 for Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles. In 2024 national prices the local median is $90,786, which is 60.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 24% higher than the Massachusetts median of $79,280.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Massachusetts, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 108.266, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $98,290 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles at $90,786 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH ranks 1st of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Worcester, MA is 49 miles away, with a median of $70,340 and employment of 130. That median is 28.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,609, against $90,786 here.
• Portland-South Portland, ME is 84 miles away, with a median of $53,670 and employment of 70. That median is 45.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,691, against $90,786 here.
• Springfield, MA is 87 miles away, with a median of $72,850 and employment of 40. That median is 25.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,837, against $90,786 here.

Employment share

Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (740 of 2,703,890). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (23,640 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.80 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.