Statewide pay Government data
Flooring installers in Indiana earn a statewide median of $50,720 a year, 9% below the typical U.S. metro, ranking #22 of 44 states. About 730 people work in the trade statewide.
Statewide pay range
States ranked near Indiana
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Pay by city Government data
BLS publishes flooring installer pay for 2 Indiana metros: Fort Wayne and Indianapolis.
| Metro | Median pay | Real pay | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| IndianapolisINDIANA · IN | $59,410 | $62,082 | 240 |
| Fort WayneINDIANA · IN | $49,500 | $53,472 | 80 |
Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025 (metro-level). Real pay: BEA price parities, 2024. How we calculate
Pay outside the cities Government data
BLS also reports pay for Indiana's rural (nonmetropolitan) regions.
BLS OEWS nonmetropolitan areas, May 2025.
The job (national)
Apply blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors.
Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 9.0% from 2025 to 2035, with about 2,200 openings a year. Typical training: moderate-term on-the-job training.
Nationally, flooring installers have 73 injuries or illnesses serious enough to miss work per 10,000 full-time workers, 16% below the rate for all jobs (87).
What the work is like Government data
How often flooring installers deal with each condition, from surveys of workers in the job.
Getting started usually takes some preparation (high school plus months of training).
O*NET 31.0 Work Context and Job Zones (U.S. Department of Labor), national.
Registered apprenticeships Government data
Of flooring installer apprentices in Indiana who finished or left a registered program in fiscal years 2020–2024, 24% completed (U.S.: 34%), about 10 graduates a year. The typical program runs 8,000 hours, about 4 years of full-time work.
U.S. Department of Labor, RAPIDS apprentice records (Completion Rate Analysis), FY2020–2024 exits.
Licensing in Indiana Official source
The main state licensing office in Indiana is the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency. The state licenses plumbers; most other trades are licensed locally. It can point you to the right license for flooring installers.
Official Indiana licensing site ↗
Requirements for flooring installers vary by state and sometimes by city; always confirm with the official agency.
Union membership
In 2025, 8.3% of wage and salary workers in Indiana were union members, below the U.S. rate of about 10% (#27 of 51 states and D.C.), and 9.6% were covered by a union contract. These figures cover all jobs in the state, not only flooring installers.
BLS Union Members, 2025 (Current Population Survey), table 5.
Cities in Indiana
All trades in Indiana.