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Average Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, And Wall Salary in Columbus, OH

Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, And Wall in Columbus, OH earn a median annual salary of $80,000, which is +62.9% compared to the national median. There are 380 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Columbus, OH (metro area).

$80,000
Columbus, OH median annual wage
$38/hour median
+62.9%
Difference vs national median
National median is $49,120
380
Local employment
0.3 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.19
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$38,130
25th
$48,260
Median
$80,000
75th
$80,010
90th
$80,020

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Columbus, OH, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
95.5%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$83,797
Goods: 93.6%
Services: 95.5%
Rents: 87.9%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Omaha, NE-IA $81,880 Compare N/A
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $76,610 Compare 40
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $76,170 Compare 370
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $71,980 Compare 1,250
Medford, OR $71,470 Compare 50
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $70,410 Compare 200

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Columbus, OH

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Surgeons, All Other $609,450 0.98
Anesthesiologists $441,230 N/A
Emergency Medicine Physicians $331,600 N/A
Physicians, Pathologists $285,280 0.88
Radiologists $269,430 N/A
General Internal Medicine Physicians $249,990 N/A
Nurse Anesthetists $231,810 1.23
Psychiatrists $220,940 0.63

Columbus, OH has salary data for 616 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Surgeons, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, And Wall in Columbus, OH

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, And Wall are projected to change by +3.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 3,400 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.