Tile and Stone Setters pay in the U.S.

$59,250avg. a year
$28.49 an hour · 35,850 employed

Tile and Stone Setters in the U.S. earn an average of $59,250 a year and a median of $55,690. Pay is highest in Hawaii ($87,390) and lowest in Arkansas ($40,890).

$55,690Median pay
$28.49Average hourly
+22%Avg. pay since 2020
35,850Jobs in the U.S.

Top-paying states for tile and stone setters

Average pay by state. Swipe to see the top 10.

1440 jobs
Hawaii
$87,390
$42.02 an hour
260 jobs
Maine
$83,810
$40.29 an hour
3410 jobs
Massachusetts
$80,300
$38.61 an hour
4660 jobs
Washington
$79,060
$38.01 an hour
5730 jobs
Illinois
$72,080
$34.65 an hour
6460 jobs
New Jersey
$71,440
$34.35 an hour
71,450 jobs
Nevada
$69,920
$33.62 an hour
8230 jobs
Connecticut
$69,090
$33.21 an hour
9880 jobs
Pennsylvania
$67,560
$32.48 an hour
10610 jobs
Minnesota
$67,550
$32.48 an hour

Why people trust JobPayFacts

Official government dataEvery number comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey of employers, not self-reported salaries.
Every state and city830 jobs across all 50 states, D.C. and 199 large metro areas.
Updated every yearNew figures each spring when BLS releases them. This site uses May 2025 data.
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Tile and Stone Setters pay, charted

Pay over time

United States, annual wage, May of each year
AverageMedian

Where the jobs are

Employment by state, May 2025

Average pay by state

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Top-paying metro areas

Average pay, May 2025 (areas with 100+ jobs)
Metro areaAvg. payHourly
Urban Honolulu, HI$94,920$45.64
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$82,470$39.65
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$76,230$36.65
Visalia, CA$73,750$35.46
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$72,820$35.01
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$72,110$34.67
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$71,090$34.18
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$69,480$33.40

Tile and Stone Setters pay in every state

States without a figure had too few jobs or too little survey data for BLS to publish.

StateAvg. payMedianJobs
Alabama$42,960$44,800260
Arizona$53,670$52,0001,060
Arkansas$40,890$38,980160
California$63,800$58,8808,250
Colorado$56,180$57,690870
Connecticut$69,090$63,150230
Florida$50,470$47,2804,070
Georgia$50,580$47,840360
Hawaii$87,390$79,270440
Idaho$49,150$47,940570
Illinois$72,080$67,160730
Indiana$52,630$48,450540
Iowa$59,970$54,350240
Kansas$56,070$54,920310
Kentucky$46,510$47,380180
Louisiana$44,260$44,750190
Maine$83,810$70,72060
Maryland$49,330$45,670240
Massachusetts$80,300$81,150410
Michigan$51,000$47,9501,010
Minnesota$67,550$70,560610
Mississippi$43,450$39,13060
Missouri$59,730$60,590470
Montana$56,670$58,670240
Nebraska$56,850$59,350–
Nevada$69,920$61,2001,450
New Hampshire$56,530$49,90040
New Jersey$71,440$62,370460
New Mexico$43,630$44,550280
New York$66,010$61,2602,990
North Carolina$45,990$44,650680
North Dakota$51,190$42,62070
Ohio$49,500$46,140670
Oklahoma$51,600$44,340280
Oregon$59,890$58,790790
Pennsylvania$67,560$70,230880
Rhode Island$52,540$49,170–
South Carolina$53,480$43,510–
South Dakota$54,680$50,64030
Tennessee$43,600$43,570350
Texas$51,010$47,0301,260
Utah$51,800$49,3401,590
Vermont$55,920$55,890140
Virginia$51,170$48,880750
Washington$79,060$77,920660
West Virginia$51,500$50,90050
Wisconsin$65,190$62,680410

Metro areas with the most jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
$68,290
2,600 jobs
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
$63,890
2,170 jobs
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
$72,110
1,020 jobs
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
$72,820
990 jobs
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
$53,410
970 jobs
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
$52,150
950 jobs
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
$60,550
940 jobs
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
$61,680
910 jobs

Questions and answers

How much do tile and stone setters make?

The average is $59,250 a year across the U.S. Half earn more than $55,690 and half earn less (the median).

What is the hourly pay?

The average hourly wage is $28.49, and the median is $26.77 an hour.

Which state pays tile and stone setters the most?

Hawaii, with an average of $87,390 a year. The best-paying metro area is Urban Honolulu, HI at $94,920.

What is the pay range?

The lowest-paid 10% earn under $37,140 a year, and the top 10% earn over $86,110.

Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (trend: May 2020–May 2025), occupation code 47-2044. Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. Year-to-year changes can partly reflect survey method changes, so treat the trend as a guide. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.