Carpenter salary in Florida
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Carpenters in Florida earn a median of $49,870 a year, or $23.98 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $69,950. That's 18% less than the national median of $60,580, 42nd of 51 states and DC.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $17.75/hr
- Jobs in Florida
- 39,300
- After cost of living
- $48,220
- Median hourly pay
- $23.98/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −18%
- Rank among states
- 42nd of 51
- Mean (average) pay
- $52,560 a year · $25.27 an hour
Pay by percentile
What carpenters in Florida 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 | $17.75 | $36,910 |
| 25th percentile | $21.41 | $44,540 |
| Median (50th) | $23.98 | $49,870 |
| 75th percentile | $28.79 | $59,880 |
| 90th percentile | $33.63 | $69,950 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
Pay over time
The median carpenter wage in Florida rose 9%, from $45,750 in May 2021 to $49,870 in May 2025. Prices rose 19.4% over the same period, so after inflation it fell 8.7%.
| Year | Median a year | Median an hour |
|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | $45,750 | $22.00/hr |
| May 2022 | $45,670 | $21.96/hr |
| May 2023 | $47,530 | $22.85/hr |
| May 2024 | $48,080 | $23.12/hr |
| May 2025 | $49,870 | $23.98/hr |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, each May release; inflation from the BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, May of each year). BLS cautions against reading much into year-to-year changes, so we compare the first and last years. How we compare years
How Florida compares
- Carpenters hold about the same share of jobs in Florida as nationally: 4.0 of every 1,000 jobs.
Pay by metro area
- Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater$52,130
- North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota$52,000
- Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach$51,570
- Jacksonville$50,540
- Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford$49,750
- Panama City–Panama City Beach$49,650
- Naples–Marco Island$49,390
- Cape Coral–Fort Myers$49,210
See all Florida metro areas
- Crestview–Fort Walton Beach–Destin$48,940
- Port St. Lucie$48,640
- Punta Gorda$48,530
- Sebastian–Vero Beach–West Vero Corridor$48,340
- Gainesville$48,040
- Pensacola–Ferry Pass–Brent$47,920
- Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville$47,770
- Sebring$47,400
- Wildwood–The Villages$47,130
- Tallahassee$46,870
- Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach$46,670
- Ocala$46,600
- Lakeland–Winter Haven$45,970
- Homosassa Springs$45,740
Rural Florida
- South Florida$50,860
- North Florida$49,720
Other trades in Florida
Bidding federal work? Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates in Florida list what contractors must pay carpenters on federal and federally assisted jobs, county by county.
Questions
- Where in Florida do carpenters earn the most?
- Among Florida metro areas, Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater has the highest median at $52,130 a year, and Homosassa Springs the lowest at $45,740.
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 12. 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 (103.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures