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Glaziers vs Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Glaziers and Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Glaziers Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$55,440
$54,340
Employment · BLS OEWS
57,000
24,850
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
11th pct
6th pct

At a glance

Dimension Glaziers Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
Median pay $55,440 $54,340
Employment 57,000 24,850
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+3.3%) Growing fast (+9.5%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 5,100 2,700
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 11th pct Low · 6th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 13th pct · 14% of tasks 3rd pct · 10% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Building and Construction, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Near Vision, Mechanical, Mathematics, Design, Trunk Strength, Customer and Personal Service, Problem Sensitivity, Manual Dexterity, Information Ordering, Control Precision, Static Strength, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Coordination, Time Management, Oral Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Visualization, Selective Attention, Finger Dexterity, Extent Flexibility, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Oral Expression.

Specific to Glaziers

  • Administration and Management
  • Multilimb Coordination
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Category Flexibility
  • Gross Body Equilibrium
  • Far Vision
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Operation and Control

Specific to Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles

  • Production and Processing
  • Monitoring
  • English Language
  • Education and Training
  • Active Learning
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Dynamic Strength
  • Originality

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Office suite software , Project management software , Computer aided design CAD software , Data base user interface and query software .

Specific to Glaziers

Specific to Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Glaziers or Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Glaziers vs Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/glaziers-vs-floor-layers-except-carpet-wood-and-hard-tiles

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Singulariki. (2026). Glaziers vs Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/glaziers-vs-floor-layers-except-carpet-wood-and-hard-tiles

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Glaziers vs Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/glaziers-vs-floor-layers-except-carpet-wood-and-hard-tiles}
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