Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fireproofing, or acoustical material.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Read blueprints or other specifications to determine methods of installation, work procedures, or material or tool requirements.
• Measure and mark surfaces to lay out work, according to blueprints or drawings, using tape measures, straightedges or squares, and marking devices.
• Cut and screw together metal channels to make floor or ceiling frames, according to plans for the location of rooms or hallways.
• Hang drywall panels on metal frameworks of walls and ceilings in offices, schools, or other large buildings, using lifts or hoists to adjust panel heights, when necessary.
• Fit and fasten wallboard or drywall into position on wood or metal frameworks, using glue, nails, or screws.
• Measure and cut openings in panels or tiles for electrical outlets, windows, vents, plumbing, or other fixtures, using keyhole saws or other cutting tools.
• Cut fixture or border tiles to size, using keyhole saws, and insert them into surrounding frameworks.
• Cut metal or wood framing and trim to size, using cutting tools.

Technology

• Business management software
• Construction Software Center EasyEst
• DevWave Estimate Works
• Job costing software
• Logic Group Scanner Digitizing Software
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Word
• On Center Quick Bid
• Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
• Wilhelm Publishing Threshold

Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Salary in CA
  Median $65,880 · Employment 27,280
• Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Salary in Los Angeles, CA
  Median $62,800 · Employment 7,710
• Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Salary in FL
  Median $48,970 · Employment 6,000
• Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Salary in TX
  Median $47,590 · Employment 5,760
• Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Salary in Riverside, CA
  Median $61,420 · Employment 3,640
• Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Salary in San Diego, CA
  Median $76,290 · Employment 3,220
• Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Salary in NV
  Median $52,280 · Employment 2,980
• Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Salary in NY
  Median $61,280 · Employment 2,840
• Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Salary in WA
  Median $73,130 · Employment 2,670
• Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Salary in UT
  Median $51,020 · Employment 2,610
• Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Salary in AZ
  Median $50,290 · Employment 2,590
• Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Salary in New York, NY
  Median $71,320 · Employment 2,560

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