🪵 Flooring crews

Piece-rate payroll for flooring install crews

Flooring pay almost always comes down to a rate per square foot — and that rate changes by material. Crewsplit stores a separate rate per product type, so carpet, hardwood, tile, and vinyl never share a number they shouldn't.

Rate per square foot, priced by material

Sq ft rate by product

Carpet, hardwood, tile, and vinyl each carry their own per-square-foot install rate — tile and hardwood typically run higher per foot than carpet given the added labor and precision.

Waste factor

Material ordered (including cut waste) is often more square footage than what's billed to the customer. Whether crews are paid on billed or ordered footage is a company-by-company decision worth locking down up front.

Built around per-material sq ft rates

How you pay todayCrewsplit methodFit
Different rate per material (carpet, hardwood, tile, vinyl)Sq ft rate by product typeGood fit
Lead / helper split on the sq ft poolConfigurable lead & helper ratesGood fit
Multi-room jobs with mixed materialsSeparate line items per product typeGood fit
Example — 1,200 sq ft hardwood, $0.85/sq ft, lead + helper
Total sq ft installed1,200 sq ft
Rate$0.85/sq ft
Total job pay$1,020
Lead / helper split (60/40)$612 / $408

Flooring payroll questions we hear most

Yes. Crewsplit stores a separate square-foot rate per product type per company, so carpet, hardwood, tile, and vinyl can each have their own rate.
Crewsplit calculates pay on the square footage you enter for the job. If your company pays on billed square footage rather than material ordered including waste, enter the billed figure; if you pay crews on total material installed including cut waste, enter that figure instead. The rate table itself doesn't assume one convention over the other.
Yes, if they're different product types. A job with tile in the bathroom and hardwood in the living room can be entered as separate line items, each calculated at its own product-type rate.

Built for more than one trade

Run compliant piece-rate payroll for your crews

Crewsplit calculates crew splits, FLSA overtime, and audit-ready reports automatically — every pay period.

Pay practices vary by company, region, and job type — this page describes common industry patterns, not a guarantee of how any specific company operates. Not legal or financial advice.