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New Jersey carpet and soft floor layer prevailing wage, county by county

A carpet and soft floor layer's prevailing wage on New Jersey public works is $93.69 an hour in every county that has one (21), for the main classification.

Main carpet and soft floor layer classification in each county (Carpenter - resilient flooring: journeyman), NJDOL county packages of October 19, 2026. Rates are those in effect when the contract is awarded, plus every pre-determined increase listed then, from its date (NJDOL FAQ). Checked October 25, 2026.

Cumberland County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourHunterdon County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourWarren County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourSomerset County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourOcean County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourBergen County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourMiddlesex County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourAtlantic County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourBurlington County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourCape May County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourEssex County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourMercer County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourHudson County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourMonmouth County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourSussex County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourUnion County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourMorris County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourCamden County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourSalem County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourGloucester County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hourPassaic County carpet and soft floor layer: $93.69 per hour
$93$93$93$93$93$93Carpet & Soft Floor Layer, main rate, total per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationTotalBase
Bergen County group, 21 localities: Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union, WarrenCarpenter - Resilient Flooring: Journeyman$93.69 $58.52 

1 group of counties with identical NJDOL rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.

NJDOL county packages print an apprentice schedule per craft (percent of the journeyman wage, benefit rule and apprentice:journeyman ratio); see the craft's apprentice text in counties.json. With no schedule listed, an apprentice is paid the journeyman rate; with no ratio listed, the ratio is 1 apprentice to 4 journeymen (NJDOL package preamble).

Questions about New Jersey carpet and soft floor layer pay

What is the carpet and soft floor layer prevailing wage in Bergen County?

$93.69 an hour: a $58.52 base wage plus $35.17 in fringe benefits, under NJDOL county packages of October 19, 2026. Overtime and every carpet and soft floor layer classification in Bergen County.

Does carpet and soft floor layer prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Bergen County the $93.69 total is a $58.52 base wage plus $35.17 in fringe benefits, about 38% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does carpet and soft floor layer prevailing wage pay overtime in New Jersey?

New Jersey's Act sets no overtime formula. Each craft's notes in NJDOL's package define its workday, overtime, shifts and holidays, and unless they say otherwise the fringe for overtime hours stays at the straight-time amount (NJDOL).

Do apprentice carpet and soft floor layers get this rate?

NJDOL county packages print an apprentice schedule per craft (percent of the journeyman wage, benefit rule and apprentice:journeyman ratio); see the craft's apprentice text in counties.json. With no schedule listed, an apprentice is paid the journeyman rate; with no ratio listed, the ratio is 1 apprentice to 4 journeymen (NJDOL package preamble).

Why do some counties have the same carpet and soft floor layer rate?

NJDOL often publishes the same carpet and soft floor layer rates for several counties. Across New Jersey, the 21 counties with a carpet and soft floor layer rate fall into 1 distinct sets of rates, and 1 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 21 counties (the Bergen County group).