DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Shape, finish, and refinish damaged, worn, or used furniture or new high-grade furniture to specified color or finish.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Southeast Balance of State	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
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.

Other Regional Data For Furniture Finishers Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 410 $18.20/hr N/A St Cloud MN MSA 40 $21.82/hr N/A Northwest Balance of State 30 $15.49/hr N/A Fargo ND-MN MSA 20 $18.78/hr N/A Southwest Balance of State N/A $17.07/hr N/A Duluth MN-WI MSA N/A N/A N/A Rochester MN MSA N/A N/A N/A La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A Southeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change  -
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Upholsterers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	N/A	N/A	N/A

• 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.