Carpenter salary in Tampa, FL
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Carpenters in the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater, FL area earn a median of $52,130 a year, or $25.06 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $69,950. Statewide, carpenters earn a median of $49,870; Tampa is 5% above it.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $17.88/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 6,010
- After cost of living
- $51,670
- Median hourly pay
- $25.06/hr
- vs U.S. median
- −14%
- vs Florida median
- +5%
- Mean (average) pay
- $54,270 a year · $26.09 an hour
Pay by percentile
What carpenters in Tampa, 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 | $17.88 | $37,180 |
| 25th percentile | $22.58 | $46,960 |
| Median (50th) | $25.06 | $52,130 |
| 75th percentile | $29.31 | $60,960 |
| 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.
How Tampa, FL compares
- Tampa has the highest carpenter median of the 22 Florida metro areas with published pay.
- Carpenters hold about the same share of jobs in the Tampa area as nationally: 4.2 of every 1,000 jobs.
Other Florida metro areas
Other trades in Tampa, FL
Questions
- Do carpenters make more in Tampa or North Port?
- Pay is about the same: the median is $52,130 in Tampa and $52,000 in North Port.
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 45300 (Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, 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 (100.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures