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

The median hourly wage is $25.00. The middle half earn between $21.89 and $31.04 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice carpenters make in Springfield, MO?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.47 an hour ($36,330 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.89.

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

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $52,000 a year ($25.00 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $64,570–$85,040.

Do carpenters make more in Springfield or St. Louis?

St. Louis pays more: the median is $52,000 in Springfield and $70,990 in St. Louis, a 27% difference.

How does Springfield pay compare with the rest of Missouri?

The Springfield median of $52,000 is 15% less than the Missouri median of $60,840.

Carpenter salary in Springfield, MO

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Springfield, MO area earn a median of $52,000 a year, or $25.00 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $85,040. That's 15% less than the Missouri median of $60,840.

Median yearly pay$52,000

Bottom 10% under$36,330Top 10% over$85,040

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $17.47/hr
Jobs in this area: 920
After cost of living: $58,700
Median hourly pay: $25.00/hr
vs U.S. median: −14%
vs Missouri median: −15%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 44180, Springfield, MO). 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	$36,330–$45,530$17.47–$21.89/hr
Journeyman	$52,000$25.00/hr
Top earners	$64,570–$85,040$31.04–$40.89/hr

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

How Springfield, MO compares

Springfield ranks 7th of 8 Missouri metro areas for carpenter pay.
Carpenters hold about the same share of jobs in the Springfield area as nationally: 4.1 of every 1,000 jobs.
The 90th-percentile wage, $85,040, is 2.3 times the 10th-percentile wage, $36,330: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Missouri metro areas

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Questions

How much do carpenters make in Springfield, MO?: Carpenters in the Springfield, MO area earn a median of $52,000 a year, or $25.00 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $85,040.
How much do carpenters make an hour in Springfield, MO?: The median hourly wage is $25.00. The middle half earn between $21.89 and $31.04 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice carpenters make in Springfield, MO?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.47 an hour ($36,330 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $21.89.
How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Springfield, MO?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $52,000 a year ($25.00 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $64,570–$85,040.
Do carpenters make more in Springfield or St. Louis?: St. Louis pays more: the median is $52,000 in Springfield and $70,990 in St. Louis, a 27% difference.
How does Springfield pay compare with the rest of Missouri?: The Springfield median of $52,000 is 15% less than the Missouri median of $60,840.

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 44180 (Springfield, MO). 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 (88.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures