Carpenter salary
What a carpenter actually earns, from 686 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-07.
Switch the market above to see carpenter pay in the 4 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A carpenter earns a blended US median near 55,936 dollars, with the typical middle running from 46,890 dollars to 68,192 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 59,310 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 23 percent since 2019.
Open carpenter roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
KüchenmonteurIn (w/m/d) at Möbel Pfister AGSuhr, Aargau, SwitzerlandTodayApply- CNC-Maschinist*in im Fensterbau at ERNE AG HolzbauLaufenburg, Aargau, SwitzerlandTodayApply
Schreiner EFZ (m/w/d) – Bringen Sie Ihr Handwerk in der Region Zürich ein at Kobot Personal GmbHWiesendangen, Zürich, SwitzerlandTodayApply- Schreiner/in - Küchenmontagen at fachkraft.ch GmbHSchlatt TG, Thurgau, SwitzerlandTodayApply
- Monteur*in at ERNE AG HolzbauStein AG, Aargau, SwitzerlandTodayApply
- Zimmermann/Zimmerin mit CNC-Erfahrung at fachkraft.ch GmbHArth, Schwyz, SwitzerlandTodayApply
By country
- United Kingdom$52,723$64,673$71,703
- United States$46,890$55,936$68,192
- Canada$45,117$51,133$56,396
- Australia$58,371$61,253$69,829
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 6'172/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 71 Bau- und Ausbaufachkräfte sowie verwandte Berufe, ausgenommen Elektriker: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 74'064 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Hawaii$85,970
- California$74,820
- Washington$73,260
- Massachusetts$71,110
- New York$63,660
- Delaware$61,100
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Quick answers
How much does a carpenter make?
The blended US median is about 55,936 dollars, with a typical range from 46,890 dollars to 68,192 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 59,310 dollars.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 47-2031. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Carpenters.” Live corpus 686 observations, 2026-09-07. Definitions in the glossary.