How much do carpenters make an hour in Cape Coral, FL?

The median hourly wage is $23.66. The middle half earn between $21.73 and $28.72 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice carpenters make in Cape Coral, FL?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.56 an hour ($36,520 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.73.

How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Cape Coral, FL?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $49,210 a year ($23.66 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $59,740–$70,700.

Do carpenters make more in Cape Coral or Tampa?

Tampa pays more: the median is $49,210 in Cape Coral and $52,130 in Tampa, a 6% difference.

How does Cape Coral pay compare with the rest of Florida?

The Cape Coral median of $49,210 is 1% less than the Florida median of $49,870.

Carpenter salary in Cape Coral, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Cape Coral–Fort Myers, FL area earn a median of $49,210 a year, or $23.66 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $70,700. Across all of Florida, the median is $49,870, so Cape Coral pays 1% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$49,210

Bottom 10% under$36,520Top 10% over$70,700

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $17.56/hr
Jobs in this area: 2,640
After cost of living: $48,080
Median hourly pay: $23.66/hr
vs U.S. median: −19%
vs Florida median: −1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 15980, Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL). 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.

Apprentice, journeyman and top carpenter pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Apprentice	$36,520–$45,190$17.56–$21.73/hr
Journeyman	$49,210$23.66/hr
Top earners	$59,740–$70,700$28.72–$33.99/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Cape Coral, FL compares

Cape Coral ranks 8th of 22 Florida metro areas for carpenter pay.
Carpenters are more concentrated in the Cape Coral area than nationally: 8.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.0 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $70,700, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $36,520: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Florida metro areas

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Questions

How much do carpenters make in Cape Coral, FL?: Carpenters in the Cape Coral–Fort Myers, FL area earn a median of $49,210 a year, or $23.66 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $70,700.
How much do carpenters make an hour in Cape Coral, FL?: The median hourly wage is $23.66. The middle half earn between $21.73 and $28.72 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice carpenters make in Cape Coral, FL?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.56 an hour ($36,520 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.73.
How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Cape Coral, FL?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $49,210 a year ($23.66 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $59,740–$70,700.
Do carpenters make more in Cape Coral or Tampa?: Tampa pays more: the median is $49,210 in Cape Coral and $52,130 in Tampa, a 6% difference.
How does Cape Coral pay compare with the rest of Florida?: The Cape Coral median of $49,210 is 1% less than the Florida median of $49,870.

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 15980 (Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL). 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 (102.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures