How much do carpenters make an hour in Lubbock, TX?

The median hourly wage is $20.91. The middle half earn between $17.42 and $23.78 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice carpenters make in Lubbock, TX?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $14.74 an hour ($30,670 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $17.42.

How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Lubbock, TX?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $43,500 a year ($20.91 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $49,460–$59,970.

Do carpenters make more in Lubbock or Austin?

Austin pays more: the median is $43,500 in Lubbock and $50,260 in Austin, a 13% difference.

How does Lubbock pay compare with the rest of Texas?

The Lubbock median of $43,500 is 11% less than the Texas median of $48,900.

Carpenter salary in Lubbock, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Lubbock, TX area earn a median of $43,500 a year, or $20.91 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $59,970 a year. Across all of Texas, the median is $48,900, so Lubbock pays 11% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$43,500

Bottom 10% under$30,670Top 10% over$59,970

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $14.74/hr
Jobs in this area: 280
After cost of living: $47,640
Median hourly pay: $20.91/hr
vs U.S. median: −28%
vs Texas median: −11%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 31180, Lubbock, TX). 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	$30,670–$36,230$14.74–$17.42/hr
Journeyman	$43,500$20.91/hr
Top earners	$49,460–$59,970$23.78–$28.83/hr

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

How Lubbock, TX compares

Lubbock ranks 17th of 25 Texas metro areas for carpenter pay.
Carpenters are less concentrated in the Lubbock area than nationally: 1.7 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.39 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $59,970, is 2.0 times the 10th-percentile wage, $30,670: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Texas metro areas

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Questions

How much do carpenters make in Lubbock, TX?: Carpenters in the Lubbock, TX area earn a median of $43,500 a year, or $20.91 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $59,970 a year.
How much do carpenters make an hour in Lubbock, TX?: The median hourly wage is $20.91. The middle half earn between $17.42 and $23.78 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice carpenters make in Lubbock, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $14.74 an hour ($30,670 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $17.42.
How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Lubbock, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $43,500 a year ($20.91 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $49,460–$59,970.
Do carpenters make more in Lubbock or Austin?: Austin pays more: the median is $43,500 in Lubbock and $50,260 in Austin, a 13% difference.
How does Lubbock pay compare with the rest of Texas?: The Lubbock median of $43,500 is 11% less than the Texas median of $48,900.

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 31180 (Lubbock, TX). 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 (91.3, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures