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

The median hourly wage is $29.24. The middle half earn between $24.60 and $34.63 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice carpenters make in Midland, TX?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.68 an hour ($45,100 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.60.

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

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $60,830 a year ($29.24 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $72,020–$76,420.

Do carpenters make more in Midland or Austin?

Midland pays more: the median is $60,830 in Midland and $50,260 in Austin, a 21% difference.

How does Midland pay compare with the rest of Texas?

The Midland median of $60,830 is 24% more than the Texas median of $48,900.

Carpenter salary in Midland, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Midland, TX area earn a median of $60,830 a year, or $29.24 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $76,420. Across all of Texas, the median is $48,900, so Midland pays 24% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$60,830

Bottom 10% under$45,100Top 10% over$76,420

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $21.68/hr
Jobs in this area: 170
After cost of living: $63,510
Median hourly pay: $29.24/hr
vs U.S. median: 0%
vs Texas median: +24%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 33260, Midland, 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	$45,100–$51,160$21.68–$24.60/hr
Journeyman	$60,830$29.24/hr
Top earners	$72,020–$76,420$34.63–$36.74/hr

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

How Midland, TX compares

Midland has the highest carpenter median of the 25 Texas metro areas with published pay.
Carpenters are less concentrated in the Midland area than nationally: 1.4 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.33 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $76,420, is 1.7 times the 10th-percentile wage, $45,100: 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 Midland, TX?: Carpenters in the Midland, TX area earn a median of $60,830 a year, or $29.24 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $76,420.
How much do carpenters make an hour in Midland, TX?: The median hourly wage is $29.24. The middle half earn between $24.60 and $34.63 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice carpenters make in Midland, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $21.68 an hour ($45,100 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.60.
How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Midland, TX?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $60,830 a year ($29.24 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $72,020–$76,420.
Do carpenters make more in Midland or Austin?: Midland pays more: the median is $60,830 in Midland and $50,260 in Austin, a 21% difference.
How does Midland pay compare with the rest of Texas?: The Midland median of $60,830 is 24% more 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 33260 (Midland, 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 (95.8, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures