How much do carpenters make an hour in Bangor, ME?

The median hourly wage is $27.45. The middle half earn between $23.29 and $30.70 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice carpenters make in Bangor, ME?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.75 an hour ($39,000 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.29.

How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Bangor, ME?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $57,100 a year ($27.45 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $63,860–$72,640.

Do carpenters make more in Bangor or Portland?

Portland pays more: the median is $57,100 in Bangor and $64,300 in Portland, a 11% difference.

How does Bangor pay compare with the rest of Maine?

The Bangor median of $57,100 is 8% less than the Maine median of $62,160.

Carpenter salary in Bangor, ME

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Bangor, ME area earn a median of $57,100 a year, or $27.45 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $72,640 a year. That's 8% less than the Maine median of $62,160.

Median yearly pay$57,100

Bottom 10% under$39,000Top 10% over$72,640

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.75/hr
Jobs in this area: 430
After cost of living: $59,170
Median hourly pay: $27.45/hr
vs U.S. median: −6%
vs Maine median: −8%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 12620, Bangor, ME). 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	$39,000–$48,450$18.75–$23.29/hr
Journeyman	$57,100$27.45/hr
Top earners	$63,860–$72,640$30.70–$34.93/hr

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

How Bangor, ME compares

Bangor has the lowest carpenter median of the 3 Maine metro areas with published pay.
Carpenters are more concentrated in the Bangor area than nationally: 6.0 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.4 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $72,640, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $39,000: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Maine metro areas

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Questions

How much do carpenters make in Bangor, ME?: Carpenters in the Bangor, ME area earn a median of $57,100 a year, or $27.45 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $72,640 a year.
How much do carpenters make an hour in Bangor, ME?: The median hourly wage is $27.45. The middle half earn between $23.29 and $30.70 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice carpenters make in Bangor, ME?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.75 an hour ($39,000 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.29.
How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Bangor, ME?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $57,100 a year ($27.45 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $63,860–$72,640.
Do carpenters make more in Bangor or Portland?: Portland pays more: the median is $57,100 in Bangor and $64,300 in Portland, a 11% difference.
How does Bangor pay compare with the rest of Maine?: The Bangor median of $57,100 is 8% less than the Maine median of $62,160.

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 12620 (Bangor, ME). 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 (96.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures