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Carpenter salary in Yuma, AZ

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Yuma, AZ area earn a median of $47,910 a year, or $23.04 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $62,250. Statewide, carpenters earn a median of $58,580; Yuma is 18% below it.

Median yearly pay$47,910
Bottom 10% under$36,260Top 10% over$62,250
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$17.43/hr
Jobs in this area
260
After cost of living
$51,680
Median hourly pay
$23.04/hr
vs U.S. median
−21%
vs Arizona median
−18%
Mean (average) pay
$48,880 a year · $23.50 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 49740, Yuma, AZ). 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 Yuma, 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$17.43$36,260
25th percentile$18.42$38,310
Median (50th)$23.04$47,910
75th percentile$27.42$57,040
90th percentile$29.93$62,250

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

How Yuma, AZ compares

  • Yuma ranks 5th of 7 Arizona metro areas for carpenter pay.
  • Carpenters are less concentrated in the Yuma area than nationally: 3.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.86 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do carpenters make more in Yuma or Phoenix?
Phoenix pays more: the median is $47,910 in Yuma and $60,320 in Phoenix, a 21% 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 49740 (Yuma, 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 (92.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures