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Tile setter
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Key facts
+9.8%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +9.8% (BLS).
The job
Lays floor and wall tiles and coverings, in new builds and renovations.
40 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- carpet fitter
- carpet layer
- carpetlayer
- commercial and industrial carpet fitter
- commercial carpet fitter
- commercial carpet layer
- domestic carpet fitter
- domestic carpet layer
- floor layer (resilient)
- floor tiler
- hardwood floor installer
- hardwood floor layer
- industrial and commercial carpet layer
- industrial carpet fitter
- industrial carpet layer
- installer of harwood floors
- laminate floor installer
- layer of resilient floor
- linoleum installer
- linoleum layer
- marble setter
- mosaic tiler
- parquet floor installer
- parquet floor layer
- resilient floor installer
- resilient floor layer
- resilient flooring installer
- surface tiler
- tile fitter
- tile installer
- tile setter
- tilefitter
- tiler
- tilesetter
- tiling worker
- timber floor layer
- vinyl floor installer
- vinyl tile installer
- wall tiler
- wood floor layer
Training
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Gauges
Risk 2/5 · Low
AI exposureLowBLS AI exposure category "low" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookStrong growthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Tile and stone setters)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayAverageBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $55,690
EntryVery quickBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.