How much do carpenters make an hour in Albany, OR?

The median hourly wage is $27.44. The middle half earn between $23.75 and $35.36 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice carpenters make in Albany, OR?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.97 an hour ($45,690 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.75.

How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Albany, OR?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $57,080 a year ($27.44 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $73,550–$97,780.

Do carpenters make more in Albany or Portland?

Portland pays more: the median is $57,080 in Albany and $73,710 in Portland, a 23% difference.

How does Albany pay compare with the rest of Oregon?

The Albany median of $57,080 is 9% less than the Oregon median of $62,870.

Carpenter salary in Albany, OR

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Albany, OR area earn a median of $57,080 a year, or $27.44 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $97,780. Statewide, carpenters earn a median of $62,870; Albany is 9% below it.

Median yearly pay$57,080

Bottom 10% under$45,690Top 10% over$97,780

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $21.97/hr
Jobs in this area: 340
After cost of living: $55,910
Median hourly pay: $27.44/hr
vs U.S. median: −6%
vs Oregon median: −9%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 10540, Albany, OR). 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	$45,690–$49,400$21.97–$23.75/hr
Journeyman	$57,080$27.44/hr
Top earners	$73,550–$97,780$35.36–$47.01/hr

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

How Albany, OR compares

Albany has the lowest carpenter median of the 8 Oregon metro areas with published pay.
Carpenters are more concentrated in the Albany area than nationally: 7.2 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.7 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $97,780, is 2.1 times the 10th-percentile wage, $45,690: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Oregon metro areas

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Questions

How much do carpenters make in Albany, OR?: Carpenters in the Albany, OR area earn a median of $57,080 a year, or $27.44 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $97,780.
How much do carpenters make an hour in Albany, OR?: The median hourly wage is $27.44. The middle half earn between $23.75 and $35.36 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice carpenters make in Albany, OR?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.97 an hour ($45,690 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $23.75.
How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Albany, OR?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $57,080 a year ($27.44 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $73,550–$97,780.
Do carpenters make more in Albany or Portland?: Portland pays more: the median is $57,080 in Albany and $73,710 in Portland, a 23% difference.
How does Albany pay compare with the rest of Oregon?: The Albany median of $57,080 is 9% less than the Oregon median of $62,870.

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 10540 (Albany, OR). 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 (102.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures