Carpenters Salary in New York

Carpenters in New York earn a median $72,330 a year, +19% against the national median of $60,580; they and rank 7th of 51 states by median. Carpenters earn 21% more than the median across all occupations in New York ($59,670). Among neighbouring states, Massachusetts pays more (up to $75,200 in Massachusetts) and Connecticut, New Jersey, Vermont and Pennsylvania pay less (down to $59,370 in Pennsylvania). New York employs 40,630 carpenters, 4.19 per 1,000 jobs, the 2nd largest count of any state. A location quotient of 0.97 is close to the national share.

New York vs the United States, May 2025

Carpenters: wage percentiles, mean, employment, jobs per 1,000 and location quotient in New York and nationally, May 2025
AreaBasisPercentile wageMeanEmploymentJobs per 1,000Location quotient
10th25thMedian75th90th
New YorkHourly$22.53$27.56$34.77$43.18$58.84$36.5240,6304.190.97
Annual$46,860$57,330$72,330$89,820$122,400$75,970
United StatesHourly$19.43$23.32$29.12$36.94$48.03$31.55670,090––
Annual$40,410$48,510$60,580$76,830$99,910$65,630
$0$50k$100k$150k10th10th: $46,860$46,86025th25th: $57,330$57,330MedianMedian: $72,330$72,33075th75th: $89,820$89,82090th90th: $122,400$122,400US median
New York annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.
Rank by median
7th of 51 states
Rank by employment
2nd of 51 states
Location quotient
0.97
Jobs per 1,000
4.19

Ranks count the 50 states and DC with a published value. The location quotient is the occupation's share of New York's employment divided by its national share; 1.00 means the same share as the nation. Take-home pay at these wages: FastCalc's take-home pay calculator.

Metropolitan areas in New York

13 metropolitan areas and 3 nonmetropolitan areas touching New York publish a row for carpenters, sorted by median. Areas crossing a state line are listed under every state they touch; a linked metro has its own profile.

AreaMedian hourlyMedian annual10th pct (annual)90th pct (annual)EmploymentJobs per 1,000Location quotient
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$35.72$74,300$46,860$123,81034,2103.600.84
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$30.55$63,540$46,990$88,8402,1407.961.85
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$30.53$63,500$42,670$83,3602,4404.571.06
Syracuse, NY$29.93$62,250$45,050$89,2301,4904.951.15
Binghamton, NY$29.81$62,000$40,540$102,6204004.160.96
Elmira, NY$29.42$61,190$46,780$88,500902.740.63
Kingston, NY$29.40$61,140$45,690$89,1002804.671.08
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$29.19$60,720$48,260$91,4702,0004.441.03
Ithaca, NY$29.17$60,680$47,080$80,0301903.960.92
Utica-Rome, NY$28.62$59,540$44,440$79,9903803.200.74
Rochester, NY$28.60$59,490$44,360$82,6702,3504.751.10
Glens Falls, NY$28.16$58,560$43,870$77,7403005.971.39
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$27.81$57,840$42,460$76,2702706.801.58
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$28.15$58,560$46,230$76,4709106.541.52
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$26.80$55,740$45,970$80,5701,0706.691.55
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$26.16$54,400$39,390$77,7608204.601.07

Neighbouring states

StateMedian hourlyMedian annualEmploymentLocation quotient
New York$34.77$72,33040,6300.97
Connecticut$30.80$64,0605,1600.71
Massachusetts$36.16$75,20018,5401.18
New Jersey$30.77$64,01014,2300.77
Pennsylvania$28.54$59,37030,6301.17
Vermont$30.00$62,4003,0802.35

See the national page for Carpenters (every state ranked) and the New York wage profile (every occupation in the state).

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS New York estimates.

  • Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
  • Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.