Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, aged to 2026 using compounded market movement. State selections show BLS state-level figures where published. Actual pay varies with experience, industry, and organization size.
Furniture Finisher is a professional role in the Production job family, focused on Furniture Finisher work. Pay for this title reflects both its level and its scope; see our Title Level and Organization Responsibility guides for how WePayFairly defines them.
What Furniture Finishers do
Typical education: High School Diploma
Brush, spray, or hand-rub finishing ingredients, such as paint, oil, stain, or wax, onto and into wood grain and apply lacquer or other sealers.
Fill and smooth cracks or depressions, remove marks and imperfections, and repair broken parts, using plastic or wood putty, glue, nails, or screws.
Smooth, shape, and touch up surfaces to prepare them for finishing, using sandpaper, pumice stones, steel wool, chisels, sanders, or grinders.
Remove accessories prior to finishing, and mask areas that should not be exposed to finishing processes or substances.
Remove old finishes and damaged or deteriorated parts, using hand tools, stripping tools, sandpaper, steel wool, abrasives, solvents, or dip baths.
Top skills:MonitoringCritical ThinkingActive ListeningTime ManagementSpeakingOperations Monitoring
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Furniture Finisher salary by industry
Sectors 31, 32, and 33 – Manufacturing
10,360 workers
$45,500
Other Services (except Public Administration)
1,570 workers
$50,000
Sectors 48 and 49 – Transportation and Warehousing
980 workers
$51,500
Sectors 44 and 45 – Retail Trade
870 workers
$48,500
Wholesale Trade
290 workers
$49,000
Construction
110 workers
$45,000
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
90 workers
$50,000
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing$49,000
National sector-level figures, BLS OEWS May 2025, aged to 2026.
How this role compares
Furniture Finisher pays 16% below the average across 112 roles in the Production job family (family average $56,000).
