Do carpenters make more in Dayton or Columbus?

Columbus pays more: the median is $58,330 in Dayton and $66,480 in Columbus, a 12% difference.

Carpenter salary in Dayton, OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Dayton–Kettering–Beavercreek, OH area earn a median of $58,330 a year, or $28.04 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $76,960. That's 4% less than the Ohio median of $60,810.

Median yearly pay$58,330

Bottom 10% under$36,710Top 10% over$76,960

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $17.65/hr
Jobs in this area: 950
After cost of living: $62,930
Median hourly pay: $28.04/hr
vs U.S. median: −4%
vs Ohio median: −4%
Mean (average) pay: $57,510 a year · $27.65 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 19430, Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH). 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 Dayton, OH 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	$17.65	$36,710
25th percentile	$23.03	$47,910
Median (50th)	$28.04	$58,330
75th percentile	$31.60	$65,740
90th percentile	$37.00	$76,960

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

How Dayton, OH compares

Dayton ranks 6th of 15 Ohio metro areas for carpenter pay.
Carpenters are less concentrated in the Dayton area than nationally: 2.5 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.59 times the U.S. share.

Other Ohio metro areas

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Questions

Do carpenters make more in Dayton or Columbus?: Columbus pays more: the median is $58,330 in Dayton and $66,480 in Columbus, a 12% 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 19430 (Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH). 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 (92.7, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures