Helpers--Carpenters salary
The median pay for helpers--carpenters in the United States is $43,780 a year. About 21,680 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $31,660
- 25th percentile
- $36,730
- Median percentile
- $43,780
- 75th percentile
- $49,400
- 90th percentile
- $57,670
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- Colorado $50,900
- Connecticut $50,460
- Maine $50,100
- California $49,890
- Massachusetts $48,130
- New York $47,740
- Arkansas $46,800
- Washington $46,060
- Michigan $44,960
- Ohio $44,760
- Vermont $44,550
- New Jersey $44,040
- Texas $43,950
- Pennsylvania $43,880
- Virginia $43,730
- Oregon $43,260
- Indiana $42,940
- Louisiana $40,900
- North Carolina $40,540
- Florida $40,220
- Georgia $40,160
- Iowa $39,830
- Tennessee $39,790
- Nebraska $39,670
- Wisconsin $39,480
- Maryland $39,470
- Alaska $39,210
- Alabama $38,930
- Kansas $38,130
- Oklahoma $38,080
- New Mexico $37,100
- Nevada $36,230
- South Carolina $36,090
- Utah $35,820
- Mississippi $35,360
- South Dakota $34,700
- Delaware $33,920
- West Virginia $33,760
- Missouri $32,420
By metro area
- Los Angeles, CA $64,810
- San Francisco, CA $62,370
- Santa Cruz, CA $59,090
- New Haven, CT $52,760
- Portland, OR $51,200
- Stockton, CA $50,590
- Hartford, CT $50,540
- Kiryas Joel, NY $49,680
- New York, NY $48,850
- Fayetteville, AR $48,520
- Beaumont, TX $48,250
- Bridgeport, CT $48,250
- Baton Rouge, LA $47,830
- Reno, NV $47,430
- Knoxville, TN $46,670
- Lake Charles, LA $46,510
- Seattle, WA $46,060
- San Diego, CA $45,710
- Dayton, OH $45,690
- Austin, TX $45,650
- Cincinnati, OH $45,360
- Sacramento, CA $45,040
- Atlantic City, NJ $44,830
- Cleveland, OH $44,760
- Atlanta, GA $44,710
- Tampa, FL $44,630
- Houston, TX $44,600
- Worcester, MA $44,470
- Washington, DC $44,380
- Oxnard, CA $44,300
- Birmingham, AL $44,120
- Nashville, TN $44,080
- New Orleans, LA $44,060
- Charlotte, NC $43,760
- Dallas, TX $43,740
- Winchester, VA $43,490
- Roanoke, VA $43,330
- Riverside, CA $43,150
- Naples, FL $42,850
- Richmond, VA $42,660
- Winston, NC $42,400
- San Antonio, TX $42,320
- Pittsburgh, PA $42,210
- Virginia Beach, VA $41,810
- Philadelphia, PA $41,260
- Rochester, NY $41,180
- Waco, TX $41,010
- Wilmington, NC $40,650
- Syracuse, NY $40,540
- Lynchburg, VA $40,110
- Miami, FL $40,110
- Mobile, AL $40,010
- Jacksonville, FL $39,480
- Orlando, FL $39,460
- Port St. Lucie, FL $39,210
- Anchorage, AK $39,130
- Cape Coral, FL $39,090
- Lancaster, PA $38,780
- Memphis, TN $38,470
- Salt Lake City, UT $38,260
- Charleston, SC $37,870
- Raleigh, NC $37,360
- Hagerstown, MD $37,150
- Montgomery, AL $37,130
- Baltimore, MD $36,400
- Las Vegas, NV $36,010
- Sioux Falls, SD $35,980
- Columbia, SC $35,850
- Tulsa, OK $33,990
- Huntington, WV $33,590
- Houma, LA $31,520
- Rapid City, SD $30,900
- El Paso, TX $28,940
- Ogden, UT $26,730