How much do carpenters make an hour in Elkhart, IN?

The median hourly wage is $31.50. The middle half earn between $23.81 and $43.61 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice carpenters make in Elkhart, IN?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.54 an hour ($44,800 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.81.

How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Elkhart, IN?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $65,520 a year ($31.50 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $90,720–$100,890.

Do carpenters make more in Elkhart or Chicago?

Chicago pays more: the median is $65,520 in Elkhart and $80,440 in Chicago, a 19% difference.

How does Elkhart pay compare with the rest of Indiana?

The Elkhart median of $65,520 is 4% more than the Indiana median of $62,870.

Carpenter salary in Elkhart, IN

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Elkhart–Goshen, IN area earn a median of $65,520 a year, or $31.50 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $100,890. That's 4% more than the Indiana median of $62,870.

Median yearly pay$65,520

Bottom 10% under$44,800Top 10% over$100,890

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $21.54/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,170
After cost of living: $72,540
Median hourly pay: $31.50/hr
vs U.S. median: +8%
vs Indiana median: +4%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 21140, Elkhart-Goshen, IN). 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	$44,800–$49,520$21.54–$23.81/hr
Journeyman	$65,520$31.50/hr
Top earners	$90,720–$100,890$43.61–$48.51/hr

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

How Elkhart, IN compares

Elkhart ranks 4th of 15 Indiana metro areas for carpenter pay.
Carpenters are more concentrated in the Elkhart area than nationally: 9.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 2.1 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $100,890, is 2.3 times the 10th-percentile wage, $44,800: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Indiana metro areas

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Questions

How much do carpenters make in Elkhart, IN?: Carpenters in the Elkhart–Goshen, IN area earn a median of $65,520 a year, or $31.50 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $100,890.
How much do carpenters make an hour in Elkhart, IN?: The median hourly wage is $31.50. The middle half earn between $23.81 and $43.61 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice carpenters make in Elkhart, IN?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.54 an hour ($44,800 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.81.
How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Elkhart, IN?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $65,520 a year ($31.50 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $90,720–$100,890.
Do carpenters make more in Elkhart or Chicago?: Chicago pays more: the median is $65,520 in Elkhart and $80,440 in Chicago, a 19% difference.
How does Elkhart pay compare with the rest of Indiana?: The Elkhart median of $65,520 is 4% more than the Indiana median of $62,870.

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 21140 (Elkhart-Goshen, IN). 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 (90.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures