Highest-paying Cities for Carpenters Helpers

The top 100 highest paying cities for carpenters helpers (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 helpers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $54,770, Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California is the highest paying city for carpenters helpers. It is followed by Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts (average annual salary $54,220). 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 helpers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$54,770	$46,450	40
2	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$54,220	$48,800	n/a
3	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$53,460	$37,270	830
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$51,320	$48,360	890
5	Altoona, Pennsylvania	$51,260	$29,120	30
6	Springfield, Illinois	$50,310	$31,890	50
7	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$49,020	$41,020	190
8	Napa, California	$47,830	$37,870	130
9	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$47,750	$41,620	150
10	Corpus Christi, Texas	$46,820	$35,830	90
11	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$46,550	$36,880	60
12	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$45,950	$41,350	90
13	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$45,760	$42,770	150
14	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$45,430	$36,720	30
15	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$45,410	$32,430	120
16	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$45,200	$30,630	70
17	Salinas, California	$44,970	$34,710	70
18	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$44,860	$36,390	560
19	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$44,840	$34,480	50
20	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$44,720	$29,630	80
21	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$44,300	$35,780	40
22	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$44,230	$35,840	170
23	New Haven, Connecticut	$44,150	$27,640	110
24	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$43,310	$30,220	740
25	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$43,240	$32,860	120
26	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$43,140	$26,180	50
27	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$42,890	$31,810	850
28	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$42,770	$33,740	270
29	Medford, Oregon	$42,690	$32,830	30
30	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$41,600	$38,030	40
31	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$41,100	$30,880	90
32	Erie, Pennsylvania	$40,910	$31,600	40
33	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$40,830	$32,240	260
34	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$40,290	$34,000	160
35	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$40,240	$32,430	420
36	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$40,160	$27,660	250
37	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$40,020	$22,540	170
38	Joplin, Missouri	$39,770	$23,160	50
39	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$39,770	$33,470	220
40	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$39,600	$29,960	30
41	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$39,520	$32,080	30
42	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$39,440	$37,000	n/a
43	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$39,430	$39,430	80
44	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$39,410	$33,860	170
45	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$39,100	$31,910	60
46	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$39,070	$31,720	30
47	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$38,990	$33,790	80
48	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$38,970	$28,800	190
49	Salt Lake City, Utah	$38,950	$27,270	210
50	Honolulu, Hawaii	$38,850	$28,380	350
51	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$38,810	$22,880	50
52	Charleston, West Virginia	$38,800	$21,860	30
53	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$38,730	$29,580	40
54	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$38,710	$37,440	190
55	Duluth, Wisconsin	$38,710	$33,350	30
56	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$38,610	$35,910	120
57	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$38,550	$37,100	30
58	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$38,540	$31,650	80
59	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$38,440	$37,390	280
60	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$38,410	$32,080	100
61	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$38,390	$31,200	30
62	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$38,370	$32,860	40
63	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$38,340	$38,340	40
64	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$38,320	$27,040	1,010
65	Asheville, North Carolina	$38,310	$31,240	80
66	Memphis, Tennessee	$38,260	$28,750	250
67	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$38,130	$33,880	160
68	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$38,080	$30,870	70
69	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$37,980	$34,860	110
70	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$37,930	$32,080	260
71	Charlottesville, Virginia	$37,900	$28,480	30
72	Stockton, California	$37,700	$31,220	90
73	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$37,700	$29,380	50
74	Bangor, Maine	$37,560	$31,540	30
75	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$37,550	$31,950	80
76	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$37,510	$29,650	60
77	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$37,500	$29,660	170
78	Fargo, North Dakota	$37,450	$21,490	n/a
79	Fresno, California	$37,450	$29,860	90
80	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$37,440	$31,210	70
81	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$37,390	$26,920	260
82	Roanoke, Virginia	$37,240	$28,480	50
83	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$37,170	$29,380	80
84	Provo-Orem, Utah	$37,140	$28,650	90
85	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$37,120	$29,320	30
86	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$37,090	$28,370	160
87	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$37,030	$30,980	50
88	Jackson, Mississippi	$36,950	$28,790	70
89	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$36,890	$25,830	60
90	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$36,810	$31,370	n/a
91	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina	$36,750	$27,180	30
92	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$36,740	$28,280	290
93	Worcester, Massachusetts	$36,700	$29,280	30
94	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$36,690	$28,920	30
95	Decatur, Alabama	$36,690	$36,680	40
96	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$36,670	$31,330	820
97	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$36,660	$28,680	40
98	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$36,650	$23,050	n/a
99	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$36,630	$32,860	50
100	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$36,610	$28,530	280

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for carpenters helpers.