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title: "Segmental Paver"
description: "Lay out, cut, and place segmental paving units. Includes installers of bedding and restraining materials for the paving units."
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last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Segmental Paver

**Category:** Construction and Extraction · **SOC code:** 47-4091 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 47-4091.00

Lay out, cut, and place segmental paving units. Includes installers of bedding and restraining materials for the paving units.

Also advertised as: Cutter; Paver; Paver Installer; Paver Layer; Paving Stone Installer; Segmental Wall Installer.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $49,910 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $24.00/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $36,510 to $78,700, with the middle half between $42,810 and $62,440
- **Total US employment:** 28,380
- **Typical entry education:** High school
- **Preparation required:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +3.9% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 2,400 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 73/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 28,380 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $36,510 |
| 25th | $42,810 |
| 50th (median) | $49,910 |
| 75th | $62,440 |
| 90th | $78,700 |
| Mean (average) | $55,130 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ME | $75,340 | $77,630 | 90 |
| MA | $70,540 | $66,700 | 960 |
| WA | $69,380 | $64,833 | 200 |
| ND | $66,450 | $74,697 | 260 |
| ID | $65,420 | $68,507 | 450 |
| NJ | $65,330 | $60,043 | 1,060 |
| HI | $64,960 | $59,081 | 80 |
| WI | $63,320 | $67,294 | 190 |
| CA | $60,890 | $54,995 | 2,560 |
| NH | $58,000 | $55,681 | 90 |
| NY | $56,170 | $52,047 | 250 |
| MN | $55,880 | $56,661 | 80 |
| PA | $54,950 | $56,317 | 620 |
| CO | $54,380 | $52,769 | 1,160 |
| OH | $54,020 | $58,228 | 1,150 |

31 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 46 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/segmental-paver/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/segmental-paver.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 29,500 in the 2025–2035 base year to 30,600 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 1,100 jobs, or +3.9%. About as fast as average: 3.9% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 2,400 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** High school diploma or equivalent (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** Moderate-term on-the-job training.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 58.9% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 30.9% |
| Less than a High School Diploma | 6.6% |
| Some College Courses | 2.8% |
| Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | 0.8% |

## What the work involves

- Compact bedding sand and pavers to finish the paved area, using a plate compactor.
- Prepare base for installation by removing unstable or unsuitable materials, compacting and grading the soil, draining or stabilizing weak or saturated soils and taking measures to prevent water penetration and migration of bedding sand.
- Set pavers, aligning and spacing them correctly.
- Design paver installation layout pattern and create markings for directional references of joints and stringlines.
- Sweep sand from the surface prior to opening to traffic.
- Resurface an outside area with cobblestones, terracotta tiles, concrete or other materials.
- Supply and place base materials, edge restraints, bedding sand and jointing sand.
- Sweep sand into the joints and compact pavement until the joints are full.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Active Listening — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 2.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Coordination — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operation and Control — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operations Monitoring — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Mechanical — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Building and Construction — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Transportation — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Customer and Personal Service — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Public Safety and Security — importance 2.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Comprehension — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Multilimb Coordination — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Control Precision — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Arm-Hand Steadiness — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Realistic (R), Conventional (C).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| R — Realistic | 6.93 |
| C — Conventional | 3.40 |
| A — Artistic | 1.97 |
| I — Investigative | 1.60 |
| S — Social | 1.30 |
| E — Enterprising | 1.22 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ISTJ | 82.4 |
| ISTP | 74.9 |
| ISFJ | 70.2 |
| ESTJ | 67.1 |
| INTJ | 62.7 |

Best-fitting types: ISTJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Cement Mason and Concrete Finisher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cement-mason-and-concrete-finisher) — median $57,020
- [Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/paving-surfacing-and-tamping-equipment-operator) — median $53,340
- [Terrazzo Worker and Finisher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/terrazzo-worker-and-finisher) — median $76,170
- [Floor Layer, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles](https://nuecareer.com/careers/floor-layer) — median $56,460
- [Tile and Stone Setter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/tile-and-stone-setter) — median $55,690
- [Construction Laborer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/construction-laborer) — median $47,120
- [Stonemason](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stonemason) — median $57,390
- [Brickmason and Blockmason](https://nuecareer.com/careers/brickmason-and-blockmason) — median $62,120
- [Helpers--Brickmason, Blockmason, Stonemason, and Tile and Marble Setter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-brickmason-blockmason-stonemason-and-tile-and-marble-setter) — median $47,550
- [Plasterer and Stucco Mason](https://nuecareer.com/careers/plasterer-and-stucco-mason) — median $57,660

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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