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Carpenter salary in Youngstown, OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Youngstown–Warren, OH area earn a median of $56,970 a year, or $27.39 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $80,270. Across all of Ohio, the median is $60,810, so Youngstown pays 6% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$56,970
Bottom 10% under$37,080Top 10% over$80,270
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$17.83/hr
Jobs in this area
460
After cost of living
$65,190
Median hourly pay
$27.39/hr
vs U.S. median
−6%
vs Ohio median
−6%
Mean (average) pay
$58,660 a year · $28.20 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 49660, Youngstown-Warren, 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 Youngstown, 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.

PercentileHourlyYearly
10th percentile$17.83$37,080
25th percentile$21.75$45,240
Median (50th)$27.39$56,970
75th percentile$35.03$72,860
90th percentile$38.59$80,270

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

How Youngstown, OH compares

  • Youngstown ranks 10th of 15 Ohio metro areas for carpenter pay.
  • Carpenters are less concentrated in the Youngstown area than nationally: 2.9 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.67 times the U.S. share.

Other Ohio metro areas

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Questions

Do carpenters make more in Youngstown or Columbus?
Columbus pays more: the median is $56,970 in Youngstown and $66,480 in Columbus, a 14% 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 49660 (Youngstown-Warren, 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 (87.4, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures