Drywall Installers, Ceiling Tile Installers, and Tapers

This post summarizes key statistics on Drywall Installers, Ceiling Tile Installers, and Tapers using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.

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Income Over Career
Top Industries
Education Distribution
Top Majors
Weekly Hours Distribution

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Age	IncMed
20	27,218
25	32,133
30	41,055
35	35,220
40	43,216
45	43,462
50	42,845
55	43,216
60	36,650
65	42,759

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	43.8
High School Degree	41.7
Some College, No Degree	10.0
Associate's Degree	2.3
Bachelor's Degree	1.8
Master's Degree	0.1
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.2
PhD	0.0

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	3.90
20-39	13.10
39-41	61.00
41-50	16.10
50-60	3.70
More than 60	2.10

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Drywall Installers, Ceiling Tile Installers, and Tapers.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
98.10	38,558	All construction
0.50	56,704	Wood buildings and mobile homes
0.20	64,824	Manufacturing industries, n.s.
0.20	20,413	Real estate, including real estate-insurance offices
0.20	47,376	Colleges and universities
0.10	24,434	Landscape and horticultural services
0.10	38,622	Printing, publishing, and allied industries, except newspapers
0.10	48,407	Cement, concrete, gypsum, and plaster products
0.10	50,821	Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment
0.10	1,475	Eating and drinking places

This table highlights the top industries people working as Drywall Installers, Ceiling Tile Installers, and Tapers work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Drywall Installers, Ceiling Tile Installers, and Tapers. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
97.90	No 4-Year Degree	38,116
0.20	Communications	42,759
0.20	Accounting	27,808
0.10	General Agriculture	36,650
0.10	Computer Science	72,094
0.10	General Education	87,512
0.10	General Engineering	54,020
0.10	Biological Engineering	39,325
0.10	Civil Engineering	46,038
0.10	Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering	45,376

This table highlights the top majors people working as Drywall Installers, Ceiling Tile Installers, and Tapers received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Drywall Installers, Ceiling Tile Installers, and Tapers. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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