Do carpenters make more in Weirton or Washington?

Washington pays more: the median is $58,240 in Weirton and $60,800 in Washington, a 4% difference.

Carpenter salary in Weirton, WV-OH

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH area earn a median of $58,240 a year, or $28.00 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. One in ten earns more than $75,600. Across all of West Virginia, the median is $48,710, so Weirton pays 20% more than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$58,240

Bottom 10% under$38,170Top 10% over$75,600

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $18.35/hr
Jobs in this area: 160
After cost of living: $65,420
Median hourly pay: $28.00/hr
vs U.S. median: −4%
vs West Virginia median: +20%
Mean (average) pay: $58,340 a year · $28.05 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 48260, Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH). 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 Weirton, WV-OH 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	$18.35	$38,170
25th percentile	$22.72	$47,250
Median (50th)	$28.00	$58,240
75th percentile	$34.74	$72,250
90th percentile	$36.35	$75,600

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

How Weirton, WV-OH compares

Weirton ranks 2nd of 10 West Virginia metro areas for carpenter pay.
Carpenters hold about the same share of jobs in the Weirton area as nationally: 4.5 of every 1,000 jobs.

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Questions

Do carpenters make more in Weirton or Washington?: Washington pays more: the median is $58,240 in Weirton and $60,800 in Washington, a 4% 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 48260 (Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH). 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 (89.0, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures