How much do carpenters make an hour in Albuquerque, NM?

The median hourly wage is $28.89. The middle half earn between $23.21 and $31.48 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice carpenters make in Albuquerque, NM?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.00 an hour ($41,600 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.21.

How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Albuquerque, NM?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $60,080 a year ($28.89 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $65,480–$79,450.

Do carpenters make more in Albuquerque or Farmington?

Albuquerque pays more: the median is $60,080 in Albuquerque and $59,720 in Farmington, a 1% difference.

How does Albuquerque pay compare with the rest of New Mexico?

The Albuquerque median of $60,080 is 1% more than the New Mexico median of $59,720.

Carpenter salary in Albuquerque, NM

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Albuquerque, NM area earn a median of $60,080 a year, or $28.89 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $79,450. Across all of New Mexico, the median is $59,720, so Albuquerque pays 1% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$60,080

Bottom 10% under$41,600Top 10% over$79,450

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $20.00/hr
Jobs in this area: 1,940
After cost of living: $62,880
Median hourly pay: $28.89/hr
vs U.S. median: −1%
vs New Mexico median: +1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 10740, Albuquerque, NM). 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	$41,600–$48,280$20.00–$23.21/hr
Journeyman	$60,080$28.89/hr
Top earners	$65,480–$79,450$31.48–$38.20/hr

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

How Albuquerque, NM compares

Albuquerque has the highest carpenter median of the 4 New Mexico metro areas with published pay.
Carpenters are more concentrated in the Albuquerque area than nationally: 4.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.1 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $79,450, is 1.9 times the 10th-percentile wage, $41,600: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other New Mexico metro areas

Other trades in Albuquerque, NM

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Questions

How much do carpenters make in Albuquerque, NM?: Carpenters in the Albuquerque, NM area earn a median of $60,080 a year, or $28.89 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $79,450.
How much do carpenters make an hour in Albuquerque, NM?: The median hourly wage is $28.89. The middle half earn between $23.21 and $31.48 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice carpenters make in Albuquerque, NM?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $20.00 an hour ($41,600 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.21.
How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Albuquerque, NM?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $60,080 a year ($28.89 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $65,480–$79,450.
Do carpenters make more in Albuquerque or Farmington?: Albuquerque pays more: the median is $60,080 in Albuquerque and $59,720 in Farmington, a 1% difference.
How does Albuquerque pay compare with the rest of New Mexico?: The Albuquerque median of $60,080 is 1% more than the New Mexico median of $59,720.

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 10740 (Albuquerque, NM). 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 (95.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures