Construction and extraction
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall
Line and cover structures with insulating materials. May work with batt, roll, or blown insulation materials.
Median pay
$49,120
Growth to 2035
+2%
about as fast as average
Openings a year
3,000
Time to qualify*
1 month
* From a bachelor's degree in an unrelated field.
Pay
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall
Getting in
- Typical entry education
- No formal educational credential
- On-the-job training
- Short-term on-the-job training
- Prior experience
- None
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What the work is like
Dealing with the public
Unpleasant or angry people
Time pressure
Cost of a mistake
Freedom to make decisions
Repeating the same tasks
Time sitting
Time standing
Outdoors in all weather
Hazardous conditions
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall: 16% usually work over 40 hours a week
Core tasks
- Measure and cut insulation for covering surfaces, using tape measures, handsaws, power saws, knives, or scissors.
- Fit, wrap, staple, or glue insulating materials to structures or surfaces, using hand tools or wires.
- Cover and line structures with blown or rolled forms of materials to insulate against cold, heat, or moisture, using saws, knives, rasps, trowels, blowers, or other tools and implements.
- Distribute insulating materials evenly into small spaces within floors, ceilings, or walls, using blowers and hose attachments, or cement mortars.
- Move controls, buttons, or levers to start blowers and regulate flow of materials through nozzles.
- Fill blower hoppers with insulating materials.
- Cover, seal, or finish insulated surfaces or access holes with plastic covers, canvas strips, sealants, tape, cement or asphalt mastic.
- Read blueprints, and select appropriate insulation, based on space characteristics and the heat retaining or excluding characteristics of the material.
Also called: Attic Blower · Insulation Estimator · Insulation Installer · Insulation Mechanic · Insulation Worker · Insulator · Retrofit Installer · Spray Foam Installer
Outlook and AI
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall held 45,100 jobs in 2025. BLS projects 46,200 by 2035 (+2%, about as fast as average; all jobs: +3.5%).
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