How much do carpenters make an hour in Springfield, MA?

The median hourly wage is $36.31. The middle half earn between $28.38 and $42.01 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice carpenters make in Springfield, MA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.78 an hour ($49,470 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.38.

How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Springfield, MA?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $75,520 a year ($36.31 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $87,380–$100,510.

Do carpenters make more in Springfield or Boston?

Pay is about the same: the median is $75,520 in Springfield and $75,210 in Boston.

How does Springfield pay compare with the rest of Massachusetts?

The Springfield median of $75,520 is about the same as the Massachusetts median of $75,200.

Carpenter salary in Springfield, MA

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Springfield, MA area earn a median of $75,520 a year, or $36.31 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $100,510. That's about the same as the Massachusetts median of $75,200.

Median yearly pay$75,520

Bottom 10% under$49,470Top 10% over$100,510

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $23.78/hr
Jobs in this area: 660
After cost of living: $78,620
Median hourly pay: $36.31/hr
vs U.S. median: +25%
vs Massachusetts median: 0%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 44140, Springfield, MA). 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	$49,470–$59,040$23.78–$28.38/hr
Journeyman	$75,520$36.31/hr
Top earners	$87,380–$100,510$42.01–$48.32/hr

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

How Springfield, MA compares

Springfield has the highest carpenter median of the 7 Massachusetts metro areas with published pay.
Carpenters are less concentrated in the Springfield area than nationally: 3.3 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.76 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $100,510, is 2.0 times the 10th-percentile wage, $49,470: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Massachusetts metro areas

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Questions

How much do carpenters make in Springfield, MA?: Carpenters in the Springfield, MA area earn a median of $75,520 a year, or $36.31 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $100,510.
How much do carpenters make an hour in Springfield, MA?: The median hourly wage is $36.31. The middle half earn between $28.38 and $42.01 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice carpenters make in Springfield, MA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $23.78 an hour ($49,470 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $28.38.
How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Springfield, MA?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $75,520 a year ($36.31 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $87,380–$100,510.
Do carpenters make more in Springfield or Boston?: Pay is about the same: the median is $75,520 in Springfield and $75,210 in Boston.
How does Springfield pay compare with the rest of Massachusetts?: The Springfield median of $75,520 is about the same as the Massachusetts median of $75,200.

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 44140 (Springfield, MA). 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 (96.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures