Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fireproofing, or acoustical material.
Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.
What drives the score
Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.
How well your skills transfer
Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.
| Skill | Transferability | Importance in current role |
|---|---|---|
| Critical Thinking | 63 | 50 |
| Speaking | 63 | 47 |
| Monitoring | 63 | 47 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 63 | 47 |
| Active Listening | 63 | 44 |
| Coordination | 62 | 47 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 62 | 41 |
| Active Learning | 62 | 28 |
| Time Management | 61 | 47 |
| Reading Comprehension | 61 | 44 |
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| Skill | Transferability | Importance in current role |
|---|---|---|
| Social Perceptiveness | 60 | 38 |
| Writing | 60 | 28 |
| Instructing | 58 | 28 |
| Learning Strategies | 58 | 25 |
| Systems Analysis | 57 | 25 |
| Service Orientation | 56 | 25 |
| Systems Evaluation | 56 | 25 |
| Persuasion | 54 | 25 |
| Mathematics | 53 | 31 |
| Negotiation | 52 | 19 |
| Science | 52 | 3 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 50 | 25 |
| Operations Analysis | 49 | 22 |
| Installation | 48 | 19 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 47 | 38 |
| Equipment Selection | 47 | 35 |
| Troubleshooting | 47 | 25 |
| Equipment Maintenance | 47 | 22 |
| Technology Design | 47 | 19 |
| Management of Material Resources | 47 | 19 |
| Management of Financial Resources | 47 | 16 |
| Operations Monitoring | 46 | 38 |
| Repairing | 46 | 16 |
| Programming | 45 | 0 |
| Operation and Control | 43 | 38 |
Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.
Jobs you could move to
Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.
- Median pay · U.S.
- $129,180
- 10-yr growth
- +21%
- Skill gap
- 35%
- Retraining
- High
Skills to build: Writing, Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning
- Median pay · U.S.
- $135,880
- 10-yr growth
- +21.1%
- Skill gap
- 34%
- Retraining
- Moderate
Skills to build: Active Learning, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Monitoring
- Median pay · U.S.
- $68,270
- 10-yr growth
- -1.6%
- Skill gap
- 1%
- Retraining
- Low
- Median pay · U.S.
- $98,100
- 10-yr growth
- +8%
- Skill gap
- 25%
- Retraining
- Moderate
Skills to build: Service Orientation, Active Listening, Writing, Persuasion
- Median pay · U.S.
- $92,100
- 10-yr growth
- +2.2%
- Skill gap
- 19%
- Retraining
- Moderate
Skills to build: Troubleshooting, Quality Control Analysis, Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control
- Median pay · U.S.
- $96,590
- 10-yr growth
- +13.9%
- Skill gap
- 33%
- Retraining
- Moderate
Skills to build: Active Listening, Writing, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation
A second source of income, before you need it
This page can tell you where Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.
Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.
Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.