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Carpet Installers pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Reno, NV
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Carpet Installers is $54,080 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $78,080 per year in Reno, NV. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 30.7% below Reno, NV on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-2041 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 790 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 180 in Reno, NV. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings