Skilled Trades
Floor Sanders and Finishers
Scrape and sand wooden floors to smooth surfaces using floor scraper and floor sanding machine, and apply coats of finish.
Median salary (BLS)
$50,440
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$37k – $70k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
AI exposure
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Floor Sanders and Finishers
Entry / Junior
$37,070
~2 yrs to advance
Floor Sanders and Finishers
Established
$50,440
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Floor Sanders and Finishers
Senior
$60,390
Key skills
A typical day
- •Buff and vacuum floors to ensure their cleanliness prior to the application of finish.
- •Scrape and sand floor edges and areas inaccessible to floor sanders, using scrapers, disk-type sanders, and sandpaper.
- •Inspect floors for smoothness.
- •Attach sandpaper to rollers of sanding machines.
- •Guide sanding machines over surfaces of floors until surfaces are smooth.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
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