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Carpenter salary in San Angelo, TX

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the San Angelo, TX area earn a median of $41,600 a year, or $20.00 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $60,910. That's 15% less than the Texas median of $48,900.

Median yearly pay$41,600
Bottom 10% under$30,810Top 10% over$60,910
Apprentice starting pay (estimate)
$14.81/hr
Jobs in this area
60
After cost of living
$45,000
Median hourly pay
$20.00/hr
vs U.S. median
−31%
vs Texas median
−15%
Mean (average) pay
$43,490 a year · $20.91 an hour
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 41660, San Angelo, 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.

Pay by percentile

What carpenters in San Angelo, TX 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$14.81$30,810
25th percentile$17.66$36,730
Median (50th)$20.00$41,600
75th percentile$23.58$49,040
90th percentile$29.29$60,910

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

How San Angelo, TX compares

  • San Angelo ranks 21st of 25 Texas metro areas for carpenter pay.
  • Carpenters are less concentrated in the San Angelo area than nationally: 1.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 0.26 times the U.S. share.

Other Texas metro areas

Other trades in San Angelo, TX

Questions

Do carpenters make more in San Angelo or Austin?
Austin pays more: the median is $41,600 in San Angelo and $50,260 in Austin, a 17% 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 41660 (San Angelo, 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 (92.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures