SOC 47-2043 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025

How much do Floor Sanders and Finishers make in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Floor Sanders and Finishers in Raleigh-Cary, NC is $39,920. The 10th percentile is $36,820 and the 90th percentile is $47,320. Employment is 30.

Median annual wage

$39,920

10th percentile
$36,820
25th percentile
$37,990
Median
$39,920
75th percentile
$47,320
90th percentile
$47,320
Mean
$41,440

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Floor Sanders and Finishers, the published 10th percentile is $36,820 and the 90th percentile is $47,320. The difference is $10,500, which is 26.3% 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 $37,990 to the 75th at $47,320, covers $9,330.

The mean annual wage is $41,440, which sits above the median of $39,920. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Raleigh-Cary, NC median is 20.9% lower than the national median of $50,440 for Floor Sanders and Finishers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,670, which is 19.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.9% higher than the North Carolina median of $39,170.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Raleigh-Cary, NC is 98.157, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $39,920 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Floor Sanders and Finishers at $40,670 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Floor Sanders and Finishers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Floor Sanders and Finishers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Raleigh-Cary, NC (30 of 743,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (3,720 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.69 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Raleigh-Cary, NC · Floor Sanders and Finishers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Floor Sanders and Finishers make in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Floor Sanders and Finishers in Raleigh-Cary, NC is $39,920. The 10th percentile is $36,820 and the 90th percentile is $47,320. Employment is 30.

How does that compare with the national median for Floor Sanders and Finishers?

The local median is 20.9% lower than the national median of $50,440.

What is Floor Sanders and Finishers pay in Raleigh-Cary, NC after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Raleigh-Cary, NC is 98.157, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $39,920 is $40,670. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.