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Carpenters Salary in El Paso, Texas

The annual salary statistics of carpenters in El Paso, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of carpenters in El Paso is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Carpenters in El Paso, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$27,680
25th Percentile Wage
$31,350
50th Percentile Wage
$35,290
75th Percentile Wage
$44,610
90th Percentile Wage
$50,720

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for carpenters in El Paso, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $50,720. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,290. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,680.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of carpenters from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$35,290
2.38% 30.43%
2021
$34,450
6.88% -
2020
$32,080
-7.39% -
2019
$34,450
9.20% -
2018
$31,280
9.78% -
2017
$28,220
4.08% -
2016
$27,070
1.03% -
2015
$26,790
-1.05% -
2014
$27,070
-0.66% -
2013
$27,250
9.91% -
2012
$24,550
- -

Table 2. Compare Carpenters Salary in El Paso with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $35,290, El Paso is the lowest paying city for carpenters in state of Texas, following city of Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary of $52,120). Compared with the highest paying city Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, the median annual salary of carpenters in El Paso is 32.3 percent (32.3%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$52,120
Midland
$50,790
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$50,570
Corpus Christi
$48,840
Longview
$48,180
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$47,110
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$46,820
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$46,490
Amarillo
$46,120
Odessa
$45,650
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$44,590
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$44,330
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$42,960
Victoria
$42,590
Sherman-Denison
$41,620
Lubbock
$41,090
College Station-Bryan
$40,850
Waco
$40,570
Wichita Falls
$40,250
Abilene
$39,950
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$39,900
Tyler
$39,500
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$39,300
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$38,660
San Angelo
$38,660
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$38,380
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$38,330
Brownsville-Harlingen
$38,050
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$37,620
Texarkana-Texarkana
$37,130
Fort Worth-Arlington
$37,000
Laredo
$35,420
El Paso
$35,290

See also: Top paying jobs in El Paso, Texas.