DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
51-7021 Furniture Finishers
Occupational Description:
Shape, finish, and refinish damaged, worn, or used furniture or new high-grade furniture to specified color or finish.| Percentiles | |||||||||
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| Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| Central Minnesota | 210 | 20 | $19.38/hr | $0.87/hr | $13.37/hr | $15.43/hr | $18.46/hr | $22.64/hr | $25.73/hr |
| Minnesota | 560 | 118 | $19.83/hr | $0.79/hr | $13.37/hr | $15.41/hr | $18.26/hr | $22.84/hr | $28.49/hr |
| U S | 16,220 | 584 | $16.75/hr | $0.13/hr | $11.37/hr | $13.23/hr | $15.85/hr | $19.15/hr | $23.94/hr |
| *SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. | |||||||||
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| Occupation (click title for details) | OES | Projections | |
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| Employment | Median Wage | % Change 2020 - 2030 | |
| Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers | 30 | $17.50/hr | 7.9% |
| Upholsterers | 30 | $13.96/hr | N/A |
| Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Tasks for Furniture Finishers
- Disassembles item, masks areas adjacent to those being refinished, and removes accessories, using hand tools, to prepare for finishing.
- Finishes surfaces of new furniture pieces to replicate antiques by distressing surfaces with abrasives before staining.
- Brushes, sprays, or hand rubs finishing ingredients onto and into grain of wood.
- Spreads graining ink over metal portions of furniture to simulate wood-grain finish.
- Replaces and refurbishes upholstery of item, using tacks, adhesives, softeners, solvents, stains, or polish.
- Polishes, sprays, or waxes finished pieces to match surrounding finish.
- Stencils, gilds, embosses, or paints designs or borders on restored pieces to reproduce original appearance.
- Mixes finish ingredients to obtain desired color or shade of existing finish.
- Selects appropriate finishing ingredients, such as paint, stain, lacquer, shellac, or varnish, for wood surface.
- Examines furniture to determine extent of damage or deterioration and determines method of repair or restoration.
- Removes old finish and damaged or deteriorated parts, using hand tools, abrasives, or solvents.
- Treats warped or stained surfaces to restore original contour and color.
- Smoothes and shapes surfaces with sandpaper, pumice stone, steel wool, or chisel.
- Washes or bleaches surface to return to natural color or prepare for application of finish.
- Fills cracks, blemishes, or depressions and repairs broken parts, using plastic or wood putty, glue, nails, or screws.
