Highest-paying Cities for Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

The top 100 highest paying cities for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of cabinetmakers and bench carpenters in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $67,450, Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey is the highest paying city for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters. It is followed by Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii (average annual salary $60,490). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of cabinetmakers and bench carpenters in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$67,450	$43,240	40
2	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$60,490	$33,220	50
3	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$60,230	$39,160	70
4	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$53,550	$34,340	320
5	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$52,210	$29,790	140
6	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$52,000	$36,290	70
7	Nashua, New Hampshire	$51,190	$41,960	30
8	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$51,080	$35,560	140
9	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$50,950	$38,110	1,210
10	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$50,790	$34,720	60
11	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$50,610	$38,730	30
12	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$50,490	$38,640	440
13	Boulder, Colorado	$50,080	$36,290	100
14	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$49,950	$37,600	30
15	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$49,870	$32,890	250
16	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$49,610	$40,420	1,170
17	Worcester, Massachusetts	$49,570	$36,320	150
18	Johnstown, Pennsylvania	$49,540	$36,900	30
19	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$49,100	$33,070	90
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$48,950	$29,620	140
21	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$48,720	$32,190	40
22	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$48,710	$34,460	40
23	Springfield, Massachusetts	$48,270	$35,900	180
24	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$48,110	$35,140	130
25	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$48,000	$37,740	510
26	New Haven, Connecticut	$47,990	$34,070	70
27	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$47,950	$33,890	200
28	Dubuque, Iowa	$47,920	$35,260	60
29	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$47,900	$33,420	40
30	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$47,900	$38,460	80
31	Greeley, Colorado	$47,880	$35,250	40
32	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$47,840	$31,070	300
33	Waterbury, Connecticut	$47,770	$29,450	40
34	Akron, Ohio	$47,690	$35,720	60
35	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$47,620	$33,640	120
36	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$47,570	$32,200	150
37	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$47,470	$40,650	n/a
38	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$47,440	$37,920	90
39	Danbury, Connecticut	$47,170	$33,820	60
40	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$47,140	$35,600	100
41	Manchester, New Hampshire	$47,110	$40,850	30
42	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$47,100	$33,720	120
43	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$47,040	$34,930	410
44	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$47,040	$34,860	110
45	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$47,020	$34,510	2,980
46	Salinas, California	$47,010	$34,220	50
47	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$46,990	$38,230	150
48	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$46,920	$32,010	50
49	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$46,790	$33,860	170
50	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$46,740	$38,980	1,930
51	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$46,510	$33,930	1,260
52	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$46,510	$32,360	780
53	Madison, Wisconsin	$46,500	$35,160	130
54	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$46,430	$32,260	40
55	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$46,420	$24,960	120
56	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$46,380	$38,080	990
57	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$46,380	$35,360	60
58	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$46,310	$33,070	60
59	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$46,310	$32,000	120
60	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$46,290	$31,340	200
61	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$46,290	$35,750	180
62	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$46,260	$36,470	30
63	Duluth, Wisconsin	$46,210	$35,540	50
64	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$46,180	$29,270	190
65	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$46,160	$30,140	160
66	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$46,100	$31,420	60
67	Savannah, Georgia	$46,050	$31,460	220
68	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$46,030	$32,620	n/a
69	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$45,990	$35,270	50
70	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$45,940	$35,430	780
71	Columbus, Ohio	$45,910	$32,700	230
72	Peoria, Illinois	$45,740	$29,340	60
73	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$45,700	$32,310	530
74	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$45,680	$32,080	200
75	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$45,590	$37,180	70
76	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$45,590	$31,960	70
77	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$45,570	$27,280	1,430
78	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$45,560	$37,110	70
79	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$45,310	$36,120	210
80	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$45,300	$35,320	830
81	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$45,200	$24,560	50
82	Framingham, Massachusetts	$45,190	$34,150	100
83	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$45,130	$35,120	300
84	St Louis, Missouri	$45,050	$35,630	860
85	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$45,020	$31,490	520
86	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$44,960	$29,220	70
87	Missoula, Montana	$44,810	$29,800	60
88	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$44,810	$31,610	490
89	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$44,780	$33,870	160
90	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$44,670	$36,750	180
91	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$44,640	$35,700	30
92	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$44,640	$31,110	130
93	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$44,490	$34,910	70
94	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$44,460	$33,560	250
95	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$44,120	$32,720	30
96	Punta Gorda, Florida	$44,090	$29,210	50
97	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$44,090	$30,070	100
98	Wausau, Wisconsin	$44,020	$30,700	120
99	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$43,930	$30,130	920
100	Kingston, New York	$43,920	$32,600	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for cabinetmakers and bench carpenters.