Highest-paying Cities for Carpenters

The top 100 highest paying cities for 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 carpenters in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $79,530, Rockford, Illinois is the highest paying city for carpenters. It is followed by Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois (average annual salary $79,280). 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 carpenters in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Rockford, Illinois	$79,530	$37,980	890
2	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$79,280	$29,020	14,420
3	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$79,210	$48,040	3,400
4	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$77,900	$49,820	590
5	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$77,170	$37,960	420
6	Honolulu, Hawaii	$76,060	$42,120	3,010
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$75,520	$46,080	16,200
8	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$75,350	$50,450	2,240
9	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$75,250	$53,370	400
10	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$75,230	$47,550	5,230
11	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois	$73,760	$36,570	180
12	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$71,770	$36,830	17,880
13	Napa, California	$69,230	$48,380	900
14	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$68,100	$50,080	470
15	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$68,090	$41,600	36,770
16	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$67,300	$39,560	450
17	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$67,080	$46,640	900
18	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$66,990	$42,530	300
19	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$66,710	$43,300	1,020
20	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$66,560	$48,760	1,030
21	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$66,160	$46,030	1,200
22	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$65,520	$48,290	14,670
23	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$65,390	$44,950	800
24	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$65,030	$38,180	9,420
25	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$65,000	$46,180	900
26	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$64,690	$28,630	4,670
27	Anchorage, Alaska	$64,410	$44,800	1,320
28	Fairbanks, Alaska	$64,340	$44,100	340
29	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$64,330	$45,480	520
30	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$64,180	$46,630	12,970
31	Chico, California	$64,150	$38,940	540
32	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$63,880	$48,240	790
33	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$63,640	$39,800	660
34	Salinas, California	$63,620	$41,200	1,150
35	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$63,560	$41,430	680
36	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$63,490	$32,540	1,040
37	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$63,260	$36,140	10,690
38	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$63,070	$40,860	940
39	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$63,020	$38,330	570
40	Modesto, California	$62,850	$45,870	1,560
41	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$62,800	$40,610	9,560
42	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$62,620	$38,230	7,850
43	Carson City, Nevada	$62,510	$44,460	140
44	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$62,500	$44,870	1,160
45	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$62,400	$37,940	1,130
46	Toledo, Ohio	$62,230	$38,490	1,220
47	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$62,210	$37,040	1,030
48	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$62,210	$37,860	16,060
49	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$62,150	$39,630	28,740
50	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$61,820	$43,220	600
51	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$61,730	$33,130	450
52	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$61,420	$42,990	11,890
53	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$61,360	$38,500	230
54	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$61,310	$33,960	23,670
55	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$61,260	$39,770	2,780
56	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$61,120	$38,810	2,570
57	El Centro, California	$61,060	$38,030	160
58	Bellingham, Washington	$61,010	$41,030	960
59	Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana	$60,840	$37,620	190
60	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$60,840	$30,350	1,510
61	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$60,820	$42,720	1,160
62	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$60,820	$38,490	1,190
63	Peoria, Illinois	$60,800	$36,390	780
64	New Haven, Connecticut	$60,740	$42,440	1,290
65	Corvallis, Oregon	$60,660	$38,130	270
66	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$60,610	$38,720	2,200
67	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$60,370	$30,720	6,510
68	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$60,320	$40,160	100
69	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$60,300	$38,500	1,180
70	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$60,180	$33,340	2,450
71	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$60,090	$40,000	610
72	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$60,070	$40,160	9,610
73	Stockton, California	$60,020	$39,520	1,520
74	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$59,820	$40,120	460
75	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$59,780	$38,870	9,210
76	St Louis, Missouri	$59,660	$37,660	9,120
77	Fresno, California	$59,650	$37,240	2,330
78	Yuba City, California	$59,650	$37,140	330
79	Longview, Washington	$59,470	$42,960	330
80	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$59,090	$39,440	6,880
81	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$59,020	$36,310	690
82	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$58,940	$37,880	1,120
83	Worcester, Massachusetts	$58,900	$43,830	1,250
84	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$58,850	$37,050	12,980
85	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$58,580	$33,700	190
86	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$58,350	$30,950	2,660
87	Olympia, Washington	$58,300	$44,640	850
88	Kansas City, Missouri	$58,290	$37,140	5,210
89	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$58,270	$40,260	710
90	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$58,240	$39,520	3,770
91	Rochester, Minnesota	$58,030	$38,740	550
92	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$57,780	$45,170	1,420
93	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$57,750	$38,670	2,020
94	Redding, California	$57,690	$36,820	410
95	Spokane, Washington	$57,630	$40,400	1,830
96	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$57,630	$33,440	10,660
97	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$57,580	$27,390	1,590
98	Merced, California	$57,550	$37,400	400
99	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$57,360	$41,260	880
100	Grants Pass, Oregon	$57,320	$38,200	140

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for carpenters.