Carpenter salary in Boston, MA-NH
Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025
Carpenters in the Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA-NH area earn a median of $75,210 a year, or $36.16 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $124,190. Statewide, carpenters earn a median of $75,200; Boston is right at that level.
- Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
- $23.47/hr
- Jobs in this area
- 12,720
- After cost of living
- $69,470
- Median hourly pay
- $36.16/hr
- vs U.S. median
- +24%
- vs Massachusetts median
- 0%
- Mean (average) pay
- $81,260 a year · $39.07 an hour
Pay by percentile
What carpenters in Boston, MA-NH 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 | $23.47 | $48,820 |
| 25th percentile | $29.26 | $60,860 |
| Median (50th) | $36.16 | $75,210 |
| 75th percentile | $47.47 | $98,750 |
| 90th percentile | $59.71 | $124,190 |
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.
How Boston, MA-NH compares
- Boston ranks 2nd of 7 Massachusetts metro areas for carpenter pay.
- Carpenters hold about the same share of jobs in the Boston area as nationally: 4.7 of every 1,000 jobs.
Other Massachusetts metro areas
Other trades in Boston, MA-NH
Questions
- Do carpenters make more in Boston or Springfield?
- Pay is about the same: the median is $75,210 in Boston and $75,520 in Springfield.
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 14460 (Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH). 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 (108.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures