What the work involves, what it pays, and grounded tasks, skills, tools, and experience you can choose from.
Also called commercial carpet installer, commercial floor covering installer, floor coverer installer and floor covering installer.
$50,340
Median pay a year
13,780
People do this work
6
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An example
A Carpet Installer resume, filled in
Common skills that can help you remember what you used on the job.
Installing carpet or flooring
Cutting carpet
Measuring materials for installation
Reviewing blueprints and specifications
Inspecting work sites
Measuring work site dimensions
Estimating project materials
Creating construction diagrams
Planning repairs
Cleaning work sites
Removing worn items
Preparing surfaces for finishing
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Carpet Installer
Summary
Carpet installer laying and installing carpet on floors, measuring and cutting materials, and securing edges while preparing surfaces and moving furniture for new installations
Experience
Carpet Installer
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Inspected surfaces to check for problems that could affect carpet wear
Rolled out, measured, marked, and cut carpeting to size with a carpet knife
Joined edges of carpet by sewing or using tape with glue and a heated carpet iron
Cut and trimmed carpet to fit along walls and openings with a wall trimmer
Planned carpet layout for traffic patterns and placed seams for best look
Stretched carpet to align with walls and secured it with tacks or glue
Moved furniture and removed old carpet and padding before installation
Skills
Hands-On Work
Installing carpet or flooring, Cutting carpet, Cleaning work sites
Checking & Planning
Measuring materials for installation, Inspecting work sites, Measuring work site dimensions, Estimating project materials, Creating construction diagrams, Planning repairs
Core Skills
Reviewing blueprints and specifications
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Checked the floor conditionMeasured and cut the carpetJoined carpet edges with tapeTrimmed carpet along wallsStretched carpet to fit wallsCleaned up after installation
becomes
On your resume
Inspected floor conditions to assess suitability for carpet installation
Joined carpet edges with tape to create seamless installations
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Add what you fixed to improve the floor condition
The line
Inspected floor conditions and filled in cracks and holes to prepare for carpet installation
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Filled in cracks and holesSanded rough spots
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Show what improved because the seams were done well
The line
Joined carpet edges with tape to create seamless installations
Show what improved because the seams were done well
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Reduced visible seamsImproved overall appearanceMinimized wear at seams
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The work itself
What a Carpet Installer does
The public record of what this job is, in one paragraph.
Lay and install carpet from rolls or blocks on floors. Install padding and trim flooring materials.
What it pays
How much does a Carpet Installer make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$41,970
Median
$50,340
75th percentile
$66,320
About 13,780 people do this work in the United States.
Starting a Carpet Installer resume with no experience
Below are the tasks a Carpet Installer job is made of. Choose the ones you have really done. There is no wrong answer here, and you can change any of it later.
Which of these tasks have you actually done?
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Carpet Installer
Already yours: Cutting carpet, Measuring materials for installation, Reviewing blueprints and specifications
4 of the 12 tasks this job is made of
Median pay
$50,340 a year
What you have not done yet. Inspecting work sites, Estimating project materials, Creating construction diagrams
This page is about the occupation Carpet Installers. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.