Do carpenters make more in Naples or Tampa?

Tampa pays more: the median is $49,390 in Naples and $52,130 in Tampa, a 5% difference.

Carpenter salary in Naples, FL

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Naples–Marco Island, FL area earn a median of $49,390 a year, or $23.74 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $69,740. Statewide, carpenters earn a median of $49,870; Naples is 1% below it.

Median yearly pay$49,390

Bottom 10% under$37,990Top 10% over$69,740

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.26/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,300
After cost of living: $47,860
Median hourly pay: $23.74/hr
vs U.S. median: −18%
vs Florida median: −1%
Mean (average) pay: $51,420 a year · $24.72 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 34940, Naples-Marco Island, 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.

Pay by percentile

What carpenters in Naples, FL 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	$18.26	$37,990
25th percentile	$20.51	$42,670
Median (50th)	$23.74	$49,390
75th percentile	$28.52	$59,320
90th percentile	$33.53	$69,740

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

How Naples, FL compares

Naples ranks 7th of 22 Florida metro areas for carpenter pay.
Carpenters are more concentrated in the Naples area than nationally: 7.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.7 times the U.S. share.

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Questions

Do carpenters make more in Naples or Tampa?: Tampa pays more: the median is $49,390 in Naples and $52,130 in Tampa, a 5% 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 34940 (Naples-Marco Island, 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 (103.2, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures