NYC Hired: Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers

Prospects: Favorable

*According to projected annual openings and year-over-year growth

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, fire-proofing, or acoustical material. Excludes “Carpet Installers" (47-2041), "Carpenters" (47-2031), and "Tile and Marble Setters" (47-2044).

Current openings

Drywall Applicator 4
Drywall Finisher 4
Drywall Installer 7
Drywall Worker 6
Sheet Rock Installer 1

Number of positions

2012: 1,870 2014: 1,940

Annual job postings

New: 40 Replacement: 50
(Total: 90)

Salaries in NYC

Starting at:
$28,230
($13/hour)

Middle:
$37,990
($18/hour)

Up to:
$59,590
($28/hour)

Average:
$49,140
($23/hour)

Educational requirements

Minimum education:
Less than high school

Work experience:
None

On-the-job training:
Moderate-term on-the-job training

Education level achieved by workers

Sources: New York State Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor.