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Map of Maine showing 3 metro areas with skilled trade pay data
Maine: 3 metros with trade pay data

Flooring Installer pay in Maine

Statewide and by city · BLS, May 2025

$53,390statewide median a year
$25.67median an hour
#18of 44 states
120flooring installers employed statewide

Statewide pay Government data

Flooring installers in Maine earn a statewide median of $53,390 a year, 4% below the typical U.S. metro, ranking #18 of 44 states. About 120 people work in the trade statewide.

Statewide pay range

$36,580Entry · 10th$48,71025th$53,390Median$56,98075th$72,290Top · 90th

States ranked near Maine

Oregon$56,460
Iowa$54,960
Missouri$54,710
Maine$53,390
Wisconsin$52,860
North Carolina$51,700
Vermont$51,200

See all states on the flooring installers nationwide.

Pay by city Government data

BLS publishes flooring installer pay for 1 Maine metro: Portland.

MetroMedian payReal payJobs
PortlandMAINE · ME$53,670$52,69170

Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025 (metro-level). Real pay: BEA price parities, 2024. How we calculate

The job (national)

Blueprint-style drawing of a framed wall and roof with dimensions, illustrating flooring installer work in Maine
Flooring Installer pay in Maine: $53,390 statewide median, BLS May 2025.

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.

Outdoors, in all kinds of weatherOccasionally
Indoors with heating and air conditioningOften
Very hot or cold conditionsRarely
Working at heightsRarely
Climbing ladders, scaffolds or polesRarely
Cramped spaces and awkward positionsOften
Loud noiseSometimes
Hazardous conditionsOccasionally
Standing, bending, kneeling and walkingSometimes
SittingRarely

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.

Licensing in Maine Official source

The main state licensing office in Maine is the Maine Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The state licenses electricians and plumbers; no statewide general contractor license. It can point you to the right license for flooring installers.

Official Maine licensing site ↗

Requirements for flooring installers vary by state and sometimes by city; always confirm with the official agency.

Union membership

In 2025, 11.9% of wage and salary workers in Maine were union members, above the U.S. rate of about 10% (#17 of 51 states and D.C.), and 14.1% 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 Maine

PortlandMAINE · ME+4.5%population since 2020 · 2.8% unemployment

All trades in Maine.

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