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Carpenter salary in Carson City, NV

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Carson City, NV area earn a median of $63,660 a year, or $30.61 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $103,930. Statewide, carpenters earn a median of $62,380; Carson City is 2% above it.

Median yearly pay$63,660
Bottom 10% under$48,830Top 10% over$103,930
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$23.48/hr
Jobs in this area
100
After cost of living
$64,870
Median hourly pay
$30.61/hr
vs U.S. median
+5%
vs Nevada median
+2%
Mean (average) pay
$74,380 a year · $35.76 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 16180, Carson City, NV). 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.

Pay by percentile

What carpenters in Carson City, NV 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$23.48$48,830
25th percentile$29.29$60,930
Median (50th)$30.61$63,660
75th percentile$42.12$87,620
90th percentile$49.97$103,930

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS yearly figures are the hourly wage times 2,080 hours.

How Carson City, NV compares

  • Carson City has the highest carpenter median of the 3 Nevada metro areas with published pay.
  • Carpenters are less concentrated in the Carson City area than nationally: 3.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.75 times the U.S. share.

Other Nevada metro areas

Other trades in Carson City, NV

Questions

Do carpenters make more in Carson City or Las Vegas?
Carson City pays more: the median is $63,660 in Carson City and $62,380 in Las Vegas, a 2% difference.

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 16180 (Carson City, NV). 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 (98.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures