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What tile setters make

Median

$55,690

First years

$37,140

Top tenth

$86,110

The federal wage survey counts this trade as tile and stone setters, so stone masons who work in slab are in the same pot. The national median is $55,690 a year, and the bottom tenth start near $37,140. Union commercial work in big northern cities sits near the top, residential remodeling in small towns near the bottom.