How much do carpenters make an hour in Salisbury, MD?

The median hourly wage is $24.23. The middle half earn between $21.69 and $30.32 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice carpenters make in Salisbury, MD?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.01 an hour ($37,450 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.69.

How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Salisbury, MD?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $50,410 a year ($24.23 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $63,070–$70,190.

Do carpenters make more in Salisbury or Lexington Park?

Lexington Park pays more: the median is $50,410 in Salisbury and $62,880 in Lexington Park, a 20% difference.

How does Salisbury pay compare with the rest of Maryland?

The Salisbury median of $50,410 is 20% less than the Maryland median of $62,960.

Carpenter salary in Salisbury, MD

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Salisbury, MD area earn a median of $50,410 a year, or $24.23 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $70,190. That's 20% less than the Maryland median of $62,960.

Median yearly pay$50,410

Bottom 10% under$37,450Top 10% over$70,190

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.01/hr
Jobs in this area: 130
After cost of living: $52,720
Median hourly pay: $24.23/hr
vs U.S. median: −17%
vs Maryland median: −20%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 41540, Salisbury, MD). 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	$37,450–$45,120$18.01–$21.69/hr
Journeyman	$50,410$24.23/hr
Top earners	$63,070–$70,190$30.32–$33.74/hr

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

How Salisbury, MD compares

Salisbury has the lowest carpenter median of the 6 Maryland metro areas with published pay.
Carpenters are less concentrated in the Salisbury area than nationally: 2.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.58 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $70,190, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $37,450: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Maryland metro areas

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Questions

How much do carpenters make in Salisbury, MD?: Carpenters in the Salisbury, MD area earn a median of $50,410 a year, or $24.23 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $70,190.
How much do carpenters make an hour in Salisbury, MD?: The median hourly wage is $24.23. The middle half earn between $21.69 and $30.32 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice carpenters make in Salisbury, MD?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $18.01 an hour ($37,450 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.69.
How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Salisbury, MD?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $50,410 a year ($24.23 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $63,070–$70,190.
Do carpenters make more in Salisbury or Lexington Park?: Lexington Park pays more: the median is $50,410 in Salisbury and $62,880 in Lexington Park, a 20% difference.
How does Salisbury pay compare with the rest of Maryland?: The Salisbury median of $50,410 is 20% less than the Maryland median of $62,960.

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 41540 (Salisbury, MD). 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 (95.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures