Carpenter salary in Flagstaff, AZ
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Carpenters in the Flagstaff, AZ area earn a median of $55,970 a year, or $26.91 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $75,130. That's 4% less than the Arizona median of $58,580.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $19.58/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 280
- After cost of living
- $55,790
- Median hourly pay
- $26.91/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −8%
- vs Arizona median
- −4%
- Mean (average) pay
- $57,790 a year · $27.79 an hour
Pay by percentile
What carpenters in Flagstaff, AZ 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 | $19.58 | $40,720 |
| 25th percentile | $22.77 | $47,370 |
| Median (50th) | $26.91 | $55,970 |
| 75th percentile | $30.14 | $62,700 |
| 90th percentile | $36.12 | $75,130 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Flagstaff, AZ compares
- Flagstaff ranks 3rd of 7 Arizona metro areas for carpenter pay.
- Carpenters hold about the same share of jobs in the Flagstaff area as nationally: 4.3 of every 1,000 jobs.
Other Arizona metro areas
Other trades in Flagstaff, AZ
Questions
- Do carpenters make more in Flagstaff or Phoenix?
- Phoenix pays more: the median is $55,970 in Flagstaff and $60,320 in Phoenix, a 7% 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 22380 (Flagstaff, AZ). 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 (100.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures