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Home Furnishing Installers

What Home Furnishing Installers Majors Need to Know

Coursework for Home Furnishing Installers build a specific mix of knowledge, skills, and abilities — derived from O*NET surveys of workers in occupations that Home Furnishing Installers graduates commonly enter.

Knowledge Areas

Coursework in Home Furnishing Installers emphasizes the following knowledge areas:

• Education and Training — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.8 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 4.7 / 7.
• Food Production — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 4.7 / 7.
• Customer and Personal Service — Importance 3.8 / 5; level 5 / 7.
• Biology — Importance 3.7 / 5; level 4.4 / 7.

^{Importance is rated 1–5; level is 1–7. Source: ONET Online — weighted across related occupations.*}

Skills

The skill set emphasized by a Home Furnishing Installers program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Active Listening — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Speaking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.2 / 7.
• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.8 / 7.
• Instructing — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 3.9 / 7.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 4 / 7.

Abilities

Innate abilities most relevant to Home Furnishing Installers careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Oral Expression — Importance 4.5 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Speech Clarity — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Deductive Reasoning — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.2 / 7.

Common Job Activities

Day-to-day, Home Furnishing Installers graduates report doing:

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Communicating with People Outside the Organization	4.5 / 7
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.5 / 7
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public	4.4 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.4 / 7
Training and Teaching Others	4.3 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.3 / 7
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work	4.3 / 7
Getting Information	4.2 / 7
Working with Computers	4.2 / 7
Scheduling Work and Activities	4.2 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

Most frequently-cited tools used by Home Furnishing Installers professionals:

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Geographic information system GIS software	Geographic information system	—
Microsoft SharePoint	Document management software	—
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)	Web page creation and editing software	—
Microsoft Outlook	Electronic mail software	—
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
ServiceNow	Data base user interface and query software	—
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	—
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Internet browser software	—
Kahoot!	Multi-media educational software	—
ESRI ArcGIS software	Geographic information system	—

^{Source: ONET Online technology skills, weighted across related occupations.*}

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for Home Furnishing Installers graduates include:

• Extension Service Specialist
• County Extension Agent
• Family and Consumer Science Teacher (FACS Teacher)
• Extension Agent
• Technology Education Teacher (Tech Ed Teacher)
• Farm Management Specialist
• Extension Agricultural Agent
• Farm Services Advisor
• Agricultural Agent
• Family Resource Management Specialist
• 4-H Agent
• Home Economist
• Program Management Advisor
• Farm Management Advisor
• Home Advisor

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to Home Furnishing Installers graduates, the typical level of education actually held by current workers is distributed as:

Education Level	Share of Workers
Master’s degree	70.4%
Bachelor’s degree	14.8%
Less than a high school diploma	3.7%
Doctoral degree	3.7%
Postsecondary certificate	3.7%
Post-baccalaureate certificate	3.7%

^{Source: ONET Online education / training / experience requirements.*}

How Much Do Home Furnishing Installers Graduates Earn?

The U.S. Department of Education tracks median earnings of Home Furnishing Installers graduates 1, 4, and 5 years after completion. Earnings tend to climb steadily as graduates gain experience and move into mid-career roles.

Years Out	Median Earnings
1 year	$39,937
4 years	$53,705
5 years	$60,675

By year 5 out, median earnings rise to $60,675 — roughly 52% above the 1-year mark.

^{Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study earnings tracker.}

Is a Degree in Home Furnishing Installers Worth It?

Strictly by the federal earnings tracker, Home Furnishing Installers graduates earn a median of $53,705 four years after completion — roughly 41% above the national median for workers with only a high school diploma (~$38,000).

^{ROI estimate compares the program’s 4-yr median earnings against the 2023 BLS CPS median earnings for high-school-only workers. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + BLS Current Population Survey.}

Related Programs

You may also be interested in these closely related fields of study:

Program	CIP Code
Housing and Human Environments	19.06
Facilities Planning and Management	19.0604
Housing and Human Environments, General	19.0601
Housing and Human Environments, Other	19.0699
Apparel and Textiles, General	19.0901

References

The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students and international students. This number is then divided by the total number of students to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS)
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

More about our data sources and methodologies.