2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays
United States
Carpenters
United States. Estimated employment 670,090, with pages for 69 metro areas below.
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$40,410 10th
$48,510 25th
$60,580 50th
$76,830 75th
$99,910 90th
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Carpenters page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
Metro area Median Employment
Kankakee, IL $95,280 120 San Francisco, CA $89,200 14,010 Decatur, IL $87,220 180 Napa, CA $80,590 650 Santa Rosa, CA $80,520 2,150 Chicago, IL $80,440 14,220 San Jose, CA $80,190 4,460 Santa Cruz, CA $77,690 700 San Luis Obispo, CA $77,220 820 Springfield, IL $76,970 290 Seattle, WA $76,410 14,970 Vallejo, CA $76,220 660 Yuba City, CA $76,100 220 Los Angeles, CA $75,740 30,600 Springfield, MA $75,520 660 Bloomington, IL $75,470 170 Peoria, IL $75,280 780 Boston, MA $75,210 12,720 Sacramento, CA $74,440 9,730 New York, NY $74,300 34,210 Minneapolis, MN $74,060 10,200 Bellingham, WA $73,260 950 Worcester, MA $73,010 1,590 Rockford, IL $72,770 810 Riverside, CA $70,880 12,970 Barnstable Town, MA $70,580 1,280 Mount Vernon, WA $69,710 540 Longview, WA $68,550 360 Champaign, IL $66,980 310 Amherst Town, MA $66,830 350 Bremerton, WA $65,000 940 Kennewick, WA $64,320 1,310 Wenatchee, WA $63,640 400 Rochester, MN $63,610 460 Kiryas Joel, NY $63,540 2,140 Buffalo, NY $63,500 2,440 Yakima, WA $63,300 480 Pittsfield, MA $63,050 430 Syracuse, NY $62,250 1,490 Binghamton, NY $62,000 400 Philadelphia, PA $61,780 14,260 Pittsburgh, PA $61,180 5,920 York, PA $61,160 1,190 Mankato, MN $61,150 230 Kingston, NY $61,140 280 Washington, DC $60,800 13,280 Albany, NY $60,720 2,000 St. Cloud, MN $60,600 570 Duluth, MN $60,520 620 Phoenix, AZ $60,320 12,710 Scranton, PA $60,240 1,070 Allentown, PA $59,540 1,390 Harrisburg, PA $57,690 1,320 Altoona, PA $57,360 360 Erie, PA $56,850 530 Prescott Valley, AZ $56,570 440 Flagstaff, AZ $55,970 280 Tampa, FL $52,130 6,010 North Port, FL $52,000 1,870 Miami, FL $51,570 10,100 Jacksonville, FL $50,540 2,500 Orlando, FL $49,750 5,360 Panama City, FL $49,650 400 Naples, FL $49,390 1,300 Cape Coral, FL $49,210 2,640 Tucson, AZ $49,110 1,380 Yuma, AZ $47,910 260 Lake Havasu City, AZ $46,980 330 Sierra Vista, AZ $43,910 150
Sources
How this page was made
Wage data Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment 670,090 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation SOC 47-2031, Carpenters. Mapped to our taxonomy as carpenters .
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.