How much do carpenters make an hour in Salt Lake City, UT?

The median hourly wage is $28.78. The middle half earn between $22.83 and $31.00 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice carpenters make in Salt Lake City, UT?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.56 an hour ($36,510 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.83.

How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Salt Lake City, UT?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $59,870 a year ($28.78 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $64,470–$75,540.

Do carpenters make more in Salt Lake City or Provo?

Salt Lake City pays more: the median is $59,870 in Salt Lake City and $53,230 in Provo, a 12% difference.

How does Salt Lake City pay compare with the rest of Utah?

The Salt Lake City median of $59,870 is 14% more than the Utah median of $52,360.

Carpenter salary in Salt Lake City, UT

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Salt Lake City–Murray, UT area earn a median of $59,870 a year, or $28.78 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $75,540. Across all of Utah, the median is $52,360, so Salt Lake City pays 14% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$59,870

Bottom 10% under$36,510Top 10% over$75,540

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $17.56/hr
Jobs in this area: 6,420
After cost of living: $59,350
Median hourly pay: $28.78/hr
vs U.S. median: −1%
vs Utah median: +14%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 41620, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT). 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	$36,510–$47,490$17.56–$22.83/hr
Journeyman	$59,870$28.78/hr
Top earners	$64,470–$75,540$31.00–$36.32/hr

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

How Salt Lake City, UT compares

Salt Lake City has the highest carpenter median of the 5 Utah metro areas with published pay.
Carpenters are more concentrated in the Salt Lake City area than nationally: 7.8 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.8 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $75,540, is 2.1 times the 10th-percentile wage, $36,510: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other Utah metro areas

Other trades in Salt Lake City, UT

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Questions

How much do carpenters make in Salt Lake City, UT?: Carpenters in the Salt Lake City–Murray, UT area earn a median of $59,870 a year, or $28.78 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $75,540.
How much do carpenters make an hour in Salt Lake City, UT?: The median hourly wage is $28.78. The middle half earn between $22.83 and $31.00 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice carpenters make in Salt Lake City, UT?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $17.56 an hour ($36,510 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $22.83.
How much does a journeyman carpenter make in Salt Lake City, UT?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $59,870 a year ($28.78 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $64,470–$75,540.
Do carpenters make more in Salt Lake City or Provo?: Salt Lake City pays more: the median is $59,870 in Salt Lake City and $53,230 in Provo, a 12% difference.
How does Salt Lake City pay compare with the rest of Utah?: The Salt Lake City median of $59,870 is 14% more than the Utah median of $52,360.

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 41620 (Salt Lake City-Murray, UT). 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 (100.9, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures