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Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles pay in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles is $50,960 per year in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. It is $105,280 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 51.6% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-2042 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 180 wage and salary jobs in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN and 340 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. 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.