Terrazzo workers and finishers

SOC 47-2053 · 47-0000 · Score reference month August 2026

Apply a mixture of cement, sand, pigment, or marble chips to floors, stairways, and cabinet fixtures to fashion durable and decorative surfaces.

In short

The national Job Market Health score is in the Weak band for August 2026.

Job Market Health score

28/ 100
Weak

Stable

Confidence
High
Restated score
28
Methodology
v1.0
Geography
US
  • At least 90% of required inputs and occupation-industry mapping are covered.

Job Market Health scores are derived indicators based on published data, informational only, not a forecast or guarantee.

$76,170Median annual wageOEWS May 2025
100Projected annual openingsBLS Employment Projections 2025-2035
-13.0%Projected growth2025–2035
1,180Total employmentOEWS May 2025

Latest interpretation

What stands out for terrazzo workers and finishers

The clearest signals from the latest validated score, outlook and metro data.

Current demand is the strongest component

Current demand scores 42/100, compared with 9/100 for occupation fundamentals, a 33-point difference.

JobMarketHealth score components

Long-term employment is projected to contract

BLS projects 100 average annual openings and -13.0% employment growth from 2025 to 2035. Projected openings are a modeled annual average, not vacancies open today.

BLS Employment Projections

Local market context

QCEW industry conditions for this occupation’s employment mix

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How to read this section

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for this occupation. These figures describe the industries that employ this occupation; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or jobs currently open.

Source: BLS QCEW. This section is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score. See the methodology.

Compare states for terrazzo workers and finishersSide-by-side published industry conditions for two or three states. There is no state-level health score; the 0 to 100 score is national.

How to read this page

The score is a national composite from 0 to 100 that weights near term hiring demand at 50 percent, the occupation's own employment fundamentals at 30 percent, and long-term outlook at 20 percent. Wages and occupation profile details are context shown alongside it, not score inputs. See the full methodology.

Median annual wage and metro employment come from BLS OEWS, which is annual. Projected annual openings and projected growth come from BLS Employment Projections and describe the published projection horizon, so they are not a count of jobs open today. Values shown as not published are suppressed by the source rather than filled in here.

Job Market Health trend

Published composite score · 0–100 · by reference month

Latest published values
  • Aug 2628 / 100
View values: Job Market Health history
Job Market Health history
Reference monthScore / 100
Jan 2522
Feb 2523
Mar 2525
Apr 2525
May 2524
Jun 2523
Jul 2524
Aug 2524
Sep 2523
Oct 2521
Nov 2523
Dec 2525
Jan 2628
Feb 2625
Mar 2625
Apr 2625
May 2626
Jun 2627
Jul 2628
Aug 2628

Score components

The three published inputs behind the composite · each 0–100

Current demand42 / 100
Occupation fundamentals9 / 100
Long-term outlook22 / 100

Largest metro markets by employment

OEWS employment count, where the jobs are, not a quality ranking

OEWS May 2025. These occupation counts describe the survey reference period.

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Education & training

Typical entry requirements · BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035

Typical education
High school diploma or equivalent
Work experience
None
On-the-job training
Apprenticeship
Projected employment
1,000 jobs

Top skills

Occupation profile · O*NET 31.0 Database

  • Coordination
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Speaking
  • Monitoring
  • Operation and Control
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Time Management
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Critical Thinking

Also known as: Grinder, Installer, Terrazzo Finisher, Terrazzo Grinder, Terrazzo Installer, Terrazzo Journeyman

AI & this occupation

How AI relates to Terrazzo workers and finishers work

Across 4 research exposure measures, Terrazzo workers and finishers is in the lower technical AI exposure band based on the mean of the available source-specific percentile ranks. Exposure describes how much of the work the studied AI capabilities could technically assist with; it is not a forecast of job loss.

The saved Anthropic task-exposure benchmark records a zero index for this occupation. This is not proof of no AI use; the observation window is not recorded in this saved release.

JobMarketHealth has not measured an AI effect on this occupation's employment or wages, and these figures do not enter its scores; there is no clear evidence of displacement in the data shown here.

Technical AI exposureLower exposureMean of 4 available source-specific percentile ranks (4 measures checked); fixed exposure bands, not a national rank of the composite
Dated Claude task exposureLower thirdObserved task-exposure benchmark 0.000; observation window not recorded
Business AI use (BTOS Core)24.6%U.S. businesses using AI, two weeks ending 2026-10-04; all industries, not this occupation
Historical task mix (2025)Not enough tasksFewer than 3 observed tasks
Measured labor-market effectNot estimatedJobMarketHealth does not attribute employment or wage changes to AI

Exposure measures (kept separate)

  • GPTs are GPTs exposure (β, GPT-4 rated): 0.00 of 1, national percentile 3 (lower third)
  • Microsoft AI applicability: 0.08 of 1, national percentile 24 (lower third)
  • AIOE (Felten, Raj & Seamans): -1.78 (standardized), national percentile 2 (lower third)
  • OECD AI Capability Gap (lower gap = higher potential exposure): gap 2.6 of 23, national percentile 61 (middle third)
OECD capability gap by domain

As published by the OECD: the gap between what the occupation demands (0-5) and current AI capability in each domain. A lower gap means AI is closer to the requirement (higher potential exposure); 0 means AI already meets it or the domain is not relevant.

  • Language: gap 0.00 (demand 1.50 of 5)
  • Social interaction: gap 0.00 (demand 1.60 of 5)
  • Problem solving: gap 0.20 (demand 2.20 of 5)
  • Creativity: gap 0.00 (demand 1.45 of 5)
  • Metacognition & critical thinking: gap 0.00 (demand 1.95 of 5)
  • Knowledge, learning & memory: gap 0.00 (demand 2.45 of 5)
  • Vision: gap 0.40 (demand 3.40 of 5)
  • Manipulation: gap 1.95 (demand 3.95 of 5)
  • Robotic intelligence: gap 1.10 (demand 3.10 of 5)

National context: what businesses used generative AI for

From the Census 2025-26 BTOS AI Supplement (all industries; businesses whose employees used generative AI). Census did not measure Terrazzo workers and finishers specifically.

  • Writing or editing documents, emails, or communications: 85.4%
  • Searching for information or technical help: 49.9%
  • Interpreting, analyzing, translating, or summarizing documents: 44.6%
  • Information processing, paperwork, or filing: 34.7%

Exposure and observed usage are separate measures and neither equals job loss. Census BTOS figures are business-level surveys and are not occupation-specific. Sources: GPTs are GPTs occupation exposure; Microsoft Working with AI: AI applicability; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE); OECD AI Exposure Measure (AI Capability Gap); Anthropic Economic Index; Census BTOS Core AI Use; Census BTOS AI Supplement 2025-26. These figures do not affect Job Market Health scores. Explore AI & Jobs · How we use AI data.

Sources and methodology

The datasets behind the figures on this page

Job Market Health score
Score for reference month August 2026 · methodology v1.0 · MethodologyScore last recalculated Oct 2, 2026 · First published Sep 29, 2026
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
Employment, wages and largest metros · OEWS May 2025 · publisher release May 15, 2026 · About this sourceRetrieved Sep 17, 2026
BLS Employment Projections
Projected growth, openings, education and training · BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035 · publisher release Aug 27, 2026 · About this sourceRetrieved Sep 17, 2026
O*NET
Skills, alternate titles and related occupations · O*NET 31.0 Database · publisher release date not verified · About this sourceRetrieved Oct 19, 2026

Values marked “Not published” are suppressed or not published by the source. We leave them blank rather than estimating them. Pipeline status for every source is on Data Status.

Evidence record

JobMarketHealth derived indicator; not a government statistic. The composite score is national and occupation level.

Occupation
Terrazzo workers and finishers
SOC code
47-2053
Geography
United States
Reference month
August 2026
Published Job Market Health score
28 / 100
Restated score
28 / 100
Band
Weak
Current Demand component
42 / 10050% weight
Occupation Fundamentals component
9 / 10030% weight
Long-Term Outlook component
22 / 10020% weight
Confidence
HighAt least 90% of required inputs and occupation-industry mapping are covered.
Methodology version
v1.0
Source vintage: Annual
EP-2025-2035|CPS-25b-2025|OEWS-2020-2025
Source vintage: Monthly calculated at
2026-10-02T15:32:39.142Z
First published at
Sep 29, 2026
Recalculated at
Oct 2, 2026
Canonical record URL
https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/terrazzo-workers-and-finishers#evidence-record
Derived by
JobMarketHealth

Keep going

Learn how to judge a market from these numbers in how to tell if a job market is healthy, or why projected growth and annual openings often disagree in projected growth vs projected annual openings. Coverage, revisions and limits are explained on about the data.

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