Do carpenters make more in Kenosha or Minneapolis?

Minneapolis pays more: the median is $60,120 in Kenosha and $74,060 in Minneapolis, a 19% difference.

Carpenter salary in Kenosha, WI

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Carpenters in the Kenosha, WI area earn a median of $60,120 a year, or $28.90 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The top 10% earn more than $84,950. Statewide, carpenters earn a median of $61,660; Kenosha is 2% below it.

Median yearly pay$60,120

Bottom 10% under$43,820Top 10% over$84,950

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $21.07/hr
Jobs in this area: 310
After cost of living: $59,460
Median hourly pay: $28.90/hr
vs U.S. median: −1%
vs Wisconsin median: −2%
Mean (average) pay: $62,220 a year · $29.91 an hour

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 28450, Kenosha, WI). 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 Kenosha, WI 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	$21.07	$43,820
25th percentile	$24.15	$50,230
Median (50th)	$28.90	$60,120
75th percentile	$35.62	$74,090
90th percentile	$40.84	$84,950

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

How Kenosha, WI compares

Kenosha ranks 12th of 15 Wisconsin metro areas for carpenter pay.
Carpenters hold about the same share of jobs in the Kenosha area as nationally: 4.1 of every 1,000 jobs.

Other Wisconsin metro areas

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Questions

Do carpenters make more in Kenosha or Minneapolis?: Minneapolis pays more: the median is $60,120 in Kenosha and $74,060 in Minneapolis, a 19% 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 28450 (Kenosha, WI). 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 (101.1, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures