Tile setter vs granite installer

The differences between tile setters and granite installers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a tile setter and a granite installer. Additionally, a tile setter has an average salary of $40,363, which is higher than the $37,193 average annual salary of a granite installer.

The top three skills for a tile setter include floor designs, kitchen floors and demo. The most important skills for a granite installer are customer service, tape measure, and counter tops.

Tile setter vs granite installer overview

	Tile Setter	Granite Installer
Yearly salary	$40,363	$37,193
Hourly rate	$19.41	$17.88
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	6,365	15,088
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 51%	High School Diploma, 60%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	2	2

Tile setter vs granite installer salary

Tile setters and granite installers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Tile Setter	Granite Installer
Average salary	$40,363	$37,193
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $65,000	Between $27,000 And $51,000
Highest paying City	Mentor, OH	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	Sandia National Labs	-
Best paying industry	Technology	-

Differences between tile setter and granite installer education

There are a few differences between a tile setter and a granite installer in terms of educational background:

	Tile Setter	Granite Installer
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 51%	High School Diploma, 60%
Most common major	Business	General Studies
Most common college	-	-

Tile setter vs granite installer demographics

Here are the differences between tile setters' and granite installers' demographics:

	Tile Setter	Granite Installer
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 93.3% Female, 6.7%	Male, 98.1% Female, 1.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.0% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 30.8% Asian, 1.7% White, 55.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 8.2% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 29.7% Asian, 1.3% White, 56.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between tile setter and granite installer duties and responsibilities

Tile setter example responsibilities.

Work on several high-end tiling jobs with various patterns and mosaics using ceramic, porcelain, and natural stone.
Tile installation, design, layout, demo, remodel.
Mix thin set clean wet saws work with other contractors to complete job including GC.
Tile cut, grouting, wall bond and floating demolition housekeeper and everything Im aloud to learn
Blue print reading, tile setting, water proofing, sub-flooring installation, demo, and patching.
Utilize power screeds and trowels to place screeds, tamp, vibrate, smooth and finish concrete work.

Granite installer example responsibilities.

Manage telecommunications, data and CCTV equipment.
Fabricate and install marble and granite countertop.operate polishers, grinders, and saws.Taught employees to fabricate countertops.
Possess excellent hand tool skills including, but not limit to, grinders, saws, polishers, etc.
Operate various machines including: hand polishers, matrix overhead, table saws, matrix inline polisher and CNC machine.
Install counter tops and cabnets for lowes and home depot
Measure and cut out designate sink holes both manually and using a manual CNC, and mounting sinks to material.

Tile setter vs granite installer skills

Common tile setter skills

Floor Designs, 30%
Kitchen Floors, 12%
Demo, 6%
Power Grinders, 6%
Polishers, 6%
Install Tile, 5%

Common granite installer skills

Customer Service, 22%
Tape Measure, 21%
Counter Tops, 19%
Caulking, 9%
Customers Homes, 5%
Customer Satisfaction, 5%