Do carpenters make more in Winchester or Washington?

Washington pays more: the median is $50,180 in Winchester and $60,800 in Washington, a 17% difference.

Carpenter salary in Winchester, VA-WV

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Winchester, VA-WV area earn a median of $50,180 a year, or $24.12 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $74,720. That's 10% less than the Virginia median of $55,690.

Median yearly pay$50,180

Bottom 10% under$38,300Top 10% over$74,720

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.41/hr
Jobs in this area: 270
After cost of living: $52,030
Median hourly pay: $24.12/hr
vs U.S. median: −17%
vs Virginia median: −10%
Mean (average) pay: $53,410 a year · $25.68 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 49020, Winchester, VA-WV). 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 Winchester, VA-WV 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.

Percentile	Hourly	Yearly
10th percentile	$18.41	$38,300
25th percentile	$21.03	$43,730
Median (50th)	$24.12	$50,180
75th percentile	$29.21	$60,750
90th percentile	$35.92	$74,720

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

How Winchester, VA-WV compares

Winchester ranks 5th of 11 Virginia metro areas for carpenter pay.
Carpenters hold about the same share of jobs in the Winchester area as nationally: 3.9 of every 1,000 jobs.

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Questions

Do carpenters make more in Winchester or Washington?: Washington pays more: the median is $50,180 in Winchester and $60,800 in Washington, 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 49020 (Winchester, VA-WV). 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 (96.5, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures