{"id":8647,"date":"2026-08-31T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/?p=8647"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:23:20","slug":"flooring-contractor-pricing-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/flooring-contractor-pricing-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooring Contractor Pricing Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\ndocument.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {\n  var sels = ['.entry-header','.page-header','article > h1:first-child','.entry-footer'];\n  sels.forEach(function(s){document.querySelectorAll(s).forEach(function(el){el.style.display='none';});});\n  var el = document.querySelector('.sw-a');\n  while (el && el !== document.body) {\n    el.style.maxWidth='100%'; el.style.width='100%'; el.style.padding='0'; el.style.margin='0';\n    el.style.float='none'; el.style.flex='0 0 100%';\n    el = el.parentElement;\n  }\n  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&& b.classList){b.classList.add('single-post');}\n  }catch(e){}\n})();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<article class=\"pm\">\n<header class=\"pm__hero\">\n<div class=\"pm__inner\">\n<nav class=\"pm__crumb\">Blog &nbsp;&rsaquo;&nbsp; Project Cost Guides<\/nav>\n<p><span class=\"pm__eyebrow\">Project Cost Guide &middot; Flooring<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Flooring Contractor Pricing: The Tear-Out Sets the Rate<\/h1>\n<p class=\"pm__dek\">Flooring contractor pricing is decided by what sits under the old floor, not by the box price of the new one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pm__dek-cta\">In a hurry? <a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Price a floor from a photo<\/a> in about six seconds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pm__rating\"><span class=\"pm__stars\">&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;<\/span> <b>4.8<\/b> <span class=\"pm__rating-sub\">on the App Store<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pm__meta\">\n<span>SimplyWise<\/span><br \/>\n<i><\/i><br \/>\n<span>Updated August 31, 2026<\/span><br \/>\n<i><\/i><br \/>\n<span>5 min read<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"pm__fig\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A worn grey plank floor photographed from above, boards split and cupped with exposed nail heads and grit in the gaps, the kind of substrate a flooring tear-out uncovers\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1690926109069-91e2215c651a?w=1400&amp;h=700&amp;fit=crop&amp;q=80&amp;auto=format\"\/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"pm__body\">\n<div class=\"pm__inner\">\n<aside class=\"pm__tldr\">\n<div class=\"pm__tldr-label\">At a glance<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Start at the wage floor: $54,390 a year, $26.15 an hour, May 2025.<\/li>\n<li>Floor layers ran $56,460 and carpet installers $50,340, so the material class moves your labor.<\/li>\n<li>Wood flooring installers are counted under carpenters, a higher paid survey.<\/li>\n<li>Old resilient flooring is assumed to contain asbestos unless a hygienist rules it out.<\/li>\n<li>That assumption bans sanding, rip-up, and dry sweeping on the tear-out.<\/li>\n<li>Prep is the job, so a flat square foot number that skips it loses money.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"pm__tldr-cta\"><span>Price the next floor from a photo, free to try.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator<\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Flooring contractor pricing starts at the wage floor<\/h2>\n<p>Median pay for flooring installers and tile and stone setters was $54,390 a year in May 2025, or $26.15 an hour. The lowest 10 percent earned under $36,910. The highest 10 percent earned more than $89,320. Those figures come from BLS.<\/p>\n<p>Construction trades workers ran a median of $58,150 in the same survey, so the flooring profile sits below the trades median. Rate discipline falls on you, not the market.<\/p>\n<h2>Not every floor pays the same<\/h2>\n<p>Read the profile carefully, because it is a bundle. BLS reports one occupation group and then splits it.<\/p>\n<table class=\"pm__table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Detailed occupation<\/th>\n<th>Median annual wage, May 2025<\/th>\n<th>Jobs, 2025<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles<\/td>\n<td>$56,460<\/td>\n<td>29,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tile and stone setters<\/td>\n<td>$55,690<\/td>\n<td>45,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Floor sanders and finishers<\/td>\n<td>$50,440<\/td>\n<td>4,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Carpet installers<\/td>\n<td>$50,340<\/td>\n<td>17,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Never quote the group number as your crew&#8217;s number. The floor layer line pays about $6,120 a year more than carpet. And wood is not in this table at all: BLS counts wood flooring installers under carpenters, who ran a $60,580 median in May 2025.<\/p>\n<h2>The billable hour is never the wage you pay<\/h2>\n<p>Payroll taxes, workers comp, liability, the van, saws, and sanders ride on the hours you bill. So does drive time and the free walk-through.<\/p>\n<p>Flooring also buries unbillable hours inside billable ones. Moving furniture, pulling base, tearing out, hauling debris, and leveling the substrate all happen before a plank clicks. That gap is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/what-is-labor-burden-in-construction\/\">labor burden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pm__inline-cta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator<\/a> turns a photo into an itemized, branded estimate in about 6 seconds. It breaks out material, labor, and fee lines.<\/p>\n<h2>The tear-out is a regulated line<\/h2>\n<p>Here is the gate under every older remodel bid. OSHA writes it plainly: resilient flooring material including associated mastic and backing shall be assumed to be asbestos-containing unless an industrial hygienist determines that it is asbestos-free using recognized analytical techniques.<\/p>\n<p>The default is not clean. Removing vinyl and asphalt flooring in buildings constructed no later than 1980, where you have not verified the absence of asbestos, is what OSHA calls Class II work, which also covers wallboard, floor tile and sheeting, and construction mastics.<\/p>\n<p>The work rules that follow are the price. Flooring or its backing shall not be sanded. Rip-up of resilient sheet flooring is prohibited. Dry sweeping is prohibited. Tiles come up intact unless that is not possible. Cleanup runs through a vacuum with a HEPA filter and a metal floor tool with no brush. All Class II work is supervised by a competent person.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pm__callout\">\n<p>Practical read: on any pre-1981 resilient floor the choice is testing or Class II procedures, and both cost money. Price the lab turnaround, or price the slower intact removal, the HEPA cleanup, and the trained supervision. Never quote that tear-out at your normal demo rate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"pm__promo\">\n<h2>Skip the retyping<\/h2>\n<p>Once you settle the rate and the fee lines, hand typing is the slowest part. SimplyWise Cost Estimator turns a photo into an itemized, branded estimate in about 6 seconds. Every line carries a unit, quantity, and price per unit. Pricing is $29.99\/mo or $239.99\/yr, about $20\/mo on annual, with a 7-day free trial.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"pm__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/swcostestimator.app.link\/ce-ai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator<\/a><br \/>\n<\/section>\n<h2>Prep decides whether the square foot number holds<\/h2>\n<p>Installing floors and tiles requires a smooth, even base of mortar or plywood, and on remodeling jobs somebody may have to remove the old floor and smooth the surface first. BLS says so, and every callback you have eaten says so louder.<\/p>\n<p>So price the substrate as its own scope. Grinding high spots, patching low spots, self-leveling, replacing soft subfloor, and slab moisture testing are separate operations with separate materials. An installed rate that quietly includes unlimited prep loses money the first time a slab reads wet.<\/p>\n<p>BLS notes carpet installers and floor sanders and finishers have some of the highest rates of injuries and illnesses of all occupations. Kneepads, goggles around grinders and sanders, and dust masks in poorly ventilated rooms are overhead, so recover them in the rate.<\/p>\n<h2>Put the invisible work on its own line<\/h2>\n<p>The planks are the cheap part. Furniture, base and trim, tear-out and disposal, substrate prep, and transitions are where the hours go. Bury them in one installed number and you lose the bid, then lose money on the next.<\/p>\n<p>So state each one. Those lines also recover your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/what-is-overhead-in-construction\/\">overhead<\/a> instead of burying it.<\/p>\n<h2>Build your flooring contractor pricing in this order<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"pm__steps\">\n<li>\n<h3>Start at the loaded hour<\/h3>\n<p>Take the wage you pay for the material class you actually install. Add taxes, insurance, the van, and the prep hours nobody bills.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Price the tear-out first<\/h3>\n<p>If the existing floor is resilient and the building predates 1981, price testing or Class II removal before you price a single box.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Give prep its own scope<\/h3>\n<p>Grinding, patching, leveling, subfloor repair, and moisture testing get stated lines. An installed rate cannot carry unlimited prep.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Apply margin last<\/h3>\n<p>Margin goes on after labor, material, prep, and disposal are on the page. Applied earlier it hides a cost you forgot.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"pm__next\">\n<h2>Keep reading<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/hardwood-vs-lvp-pricing\/\">Hardwood vs LVP Pricing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/how-to-estimate-flooring-jobs\/\">How to Estimate Flooring Jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplywise.com\/blog\/cost-to-install-flooring\/\">Cost to Install Flooring<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pm__sources\">\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/ocwage.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025<\/a> (group, detailed occupation, and carpenter medians; released May 15, 2026, verified 2026-08-24).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/construction-and-extraction\/tile-and-marble-setters.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Flooring Installers and Tile and Stone Setters<\/a> (job duties and work environment; verified 2026-08-24).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/ecopro.nr0.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BLS Employment Projections, 2025 to 2035<\/a> (detailed occupation employment, 2025 base year; released August 27, 2026, verified 2026-08-31).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/construction-and-extraction\/carpenters.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Carpenters<\/a> (wood flooring installers classification; verified 2026-08-24).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/laws-regs\/regulations\/standardnumber\/1926\/1926.1101\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OSHA 1926.1101, Asbestos in Construction<\/a> (Class II scope, resilient flooring presumption, work practices; verified 2026-08-22).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/simplywise-cost-estimator\/id6670619664\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SimplyWise Cost Estimator, App Store<\/a> (4.8 rating; verified 2026-08-22).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"pm__faq\">\n<div class=\"pm__inner\">\n<h2>Common questions from flooring crews<\/h2>\n<details>\n<summary>Do I need to test old vinyl before tearing it out?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>Test it or treat it as asbestos-containing. OSHA assumes resilient flooring, mastic, and backing contain asbestos unless an industrial hygienist rules otherwise using recognized analytical techniques.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is banned on an asbestos-presumed floor tear-out?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>Sanding the flooring or backing, rip-up of resilient sheet, and dry sweeping. Tiles come up intact unless that is not possible, and cleanup runs through a HEPA vacuum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Why is hardwood not in the flooring wage table?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>Because BLS counts wood flooring installers under carpenters, who ran a $60,580 median in May 2025. Pricing hardwood off a flooring average understates the labor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Should prep be included in my installed square foot rate?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>No. Grinding, patching, leveling, subfloor repair, and moisture testing are separate operations with their own materials. Give them stated lines so a wet slab does not eat the job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Can SimplyWise price a flooring job from a photo?<\/summary>\n<div>\n<p>Yes. SimplyWise Cost Estimator turns a photo into an itemized, branded estimate in about 6 seconds. Free to try, at $29.99\/mo or $239.99\/yr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pm__final\">\n<div class=\"pm__inner\">\n<span class=\"pm__eyebrow\">Price it once, price it right<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Turn your rate into a signed quote.<\/h2>\n<p>Snap a photo and get an itemized, branded estimate in about 6 seconds. 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