Tile Helper Salary: United States

What do these published wages mean for an offer?

Skilled Trades Headhunters reads the May 2025 figures for Tile Helper in National as an offer reference, not a quote for a particular candidate. For Tile Helper in National, the published median for SOC 47-3011, Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters, is $47,550 per year. The middle half of the Tile Helper in National wage distribution runs from $40,100 to $57,980, a width of $17,880 per year; that spread shows how much published pay varies within the occupation and area, without assigning experience levels.

For the national Tile Helper comparison, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA reports $48,220 per year while New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ reports $70,080 per year; these are the largest-employment metros with published medians for the occupation, rather than neighboring places to a national estimate. The United States Tile Helper figure pools markets with different work scopes and schedules, so use the area table before setting a local offer.

The highest published medians among the selected national industry rows for Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters, read alongside Tile Helper in National, are Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction at $86,940 per year (NAICS 237000); Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction at $86,940 per year (NAICS 237300); Nonresidential Building Construction at $61,380 per year (NAICS 236200). Those Tile Helper in National industry comparisons are national cross-sections, not local industry estimates; BLS does not give us a metro-by-industry wage cut here, and overlapping industry groups should not be added together.

The Tile Helper in National median was $46,480 per year in May 2024, compared with $47,550 in May 2025, a published difference of $1,070. That Tile Helper in National comparison is between separate BLS releases, not the raise paid to the same workers or a projection of next year's offer. Read the $46,480 and $47,550 Tile Helper in National estimates with both dates visible, because the employers and workers represented by the survey can change.

Before offering $47,550 per year for Tile Helper in National, separate on-call duties, overtime, travel reimbursement, tool replacement and any truck allowance separately; prevailing wage and union requirements must be checked against the actual assignment. The Tile Helper in National BLS comparison includes ordinary wages and qualifying incentive pay, but leaves overtime, discretionary bonuses, benefits and relocation outside this wage figure. A candidate's take-home pay and the employer's total cost for Tile Helper in National can therefore differ from the median without either number being an error.

The mapping for Tile Helper in National is proxy: Closest proxy: Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters; This published occupation covers only part of Tile Helper; do not treat it as a quoted range for the complete role. For a Tile Helper in National opening, establish the equipment, license requirements and responsibility before deciding which people the pay range should attract. A broader occupation can combine jobs that a Tile Helper in National buyer would screen separately, which is why the badge and SOC remain beside the figures.

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