National » Carpenters » Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Carpenters Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of carpenters in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of carpenters in Fort Worth-Arlington 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 Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$30,280
25th Percentile Wage
$33,500
50th Percentile Wage
$37,000
75th Percentile Wage
$41,050
90th Percentile Wage
$49,360

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for carpenters in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $49,360. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,280.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of carpenters from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$37,000
4.89% 20.76%
2016
$35,190
7.39% -
2015
$32,590
7.79% -
2014
$30,050
3.69% -
2013
$28,940
-1.31% -
2012
$29,320
- -

Table 2. Compare Carpenters Salary in Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,000 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for carpenters in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of carpenters in Fort Worth-Arlington is 29.0 percent (29.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area and 4.6 percent (4.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying El Paso.

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