Do carpenters make more in Auburn or Birmingham?

Birmingham pays more: the median is $47,610 in Auburn and $50,400 in Birmingham, a 6% difference.

Carpenter salary in Auburn, AL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Auburn–Opelika, AL area earn a median of $47,610 a year, or $22.89 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $63,690. Statewide, carpenters earn a median of $48,220; Auburn is 1% below it.

Median yearly pay$47,610

Bottom 10% under$33,730Top 10% over$63,690

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $16.22/hr
Jobs in this area: 200
After cost of living: $54,140
Median hourly pay: $22.89/hr
vs U.S. median: −21%
vs Alabama median: −1%
Mean (average) pay: $49,290 a year · $23.70 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 12220, Auburn-Opelika, AL). Excludes self-employed carpenters. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Pay by percentile

What carpenters in Auburn, AL earn at each point of the pay range, May 2025: 10% earn less than the 10th percentile, half earn less than the median, and 10% earn more than the 90th.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$16.22	$33,730
25th percentile	$20.02	$41,640
Median (50th)	$22.89	$47,610
75th percentile	$26.50	$55,120
90th percentile	$30.62	$63,690

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Auburn, AL compares

Auburn ranks 8th of 13 Alabama metro areas for carpenter pay.
Carpenters are less concentrated in the Auburn area than nationally: 2.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.65 times the U.S. share.

Other Alabama metro areas

Other trades in Auburn, AL

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Questions

Do carpenters make more in Auburn or Birmingham?: Birmingham pays more: the median is $47,610 in Auburn and $50,400 in Birmingham, a 6% difference.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-2031 (Carpenters), area code 12220 (Auburn-Opelika, AL). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed carpenters and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (87.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures