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Carpenter salary in Hanford, CA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Hanford–Corcoran, CA area earn a median of $73,250 a year, or $35.22 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $116,590. Statewide, carpenters earn a median of $75,920; Hanford is 4% below it.

Median yearly pay$73,250
Bottom 10% under$47,670Top 10% over$116,590
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$22.92/hr
Jobs in this area
110
After cost of living
$72,090
Median hourly pay
$35.22/hr
vs U.S. median
+21%
vs California median
−4%
Mean (average) pay
$75,380 a year · $36.24 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 25260, Hanford-Corcoran, CA). 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 Hanford, CA 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$22.92$47,670
25th percentile$27.30$56,780
Median (50th)$35.22$73,250
75th percentile$39.84$82,870
90th percentile$56.05$116,590

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

How Hanford, CA compares

  • Hanford ranks 16th of 25 California metro areas for carpenter pay.
  • Carpenters are less concentrated in the Hanford area than nationally: 2.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.52 times the U.S. share.

Other California metro areas

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Questions

Do carpenters make more in Hanford or San Francisco?
San Francisco pays more: the median is $73,250 in Hanford and $89,200 in San Francisco, a 18% 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 25260 (Hanford-Corcoran, CA). 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 (101.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures