How much do Tile and Stone Setters make in Stockton-Lodi, CA?

Percentile spread

For Tile and Stone Setters, the published 10th percentile is $38,520 and the 90th percentile is $89,910. The difference is $51,390, which is 87.1% 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 $47,410 to the 75th at $66,080, covers $18,670.

The mean annual wage is $59,780, which sits above the median of $58,970. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Stockton-Lodi, CA median is 5.9% higher than the national median of $55,690 for Tile and Stone Setters. In 2024 national prices the local median is $56,114, which is 0.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.2% higher than the California median of $58,880.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Stockton-Lodi, CA is 105.089, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,970 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tile and Stone Setters at $56,114 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

14 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Tile and Stone Setters. Stockton-Lodi, CA ranks 5th of 15 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).).

• Modesto, CA is 30 miles away, with a median of $50,970 and employment of 120. That median is 13.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,959, against $56,114 here.
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 56 miles away, with a median of $64,430 and employment of 1,020. That median is 9.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,729, against $56,114 here.
• Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 61 miles away, with a median of $56,250 and employment of 790. That median is 4.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,733, against $56,114 here.

Employment share

Tile and Stone Setters accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Stockton-Lodi, CA (180 of 289,660). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (35,850 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.70 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.