SOC 47-2031 · Area 21340 · May 2025
Carpenters
El Paso, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $33,440 | $16.08 |
| 25th percentile | $36,230 | $17.42 |
| Median | $42,430 | $20.40 |
| 75th percentile | $49,880 | $23.98 |
| 90th percentile | $58,470 | $28.11 |
| Average | $44,380 | $21.34 |
A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.
Estimated employment: 620. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
What these figures tell you
The middle half of annual wages runs from $36,230 to $49,880 in 2025, a span of $13,650.
The area median is $6,470 (13.2%) below Texas's $48,900 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 29 other published areas
- This area's median is $6,790 (19.1%) above the $35,640 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $3,810 (9.9%) above the $38,620 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
- This area's median is $900 (2.2%) above the $41,530 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $890 (2.1%) above the $41,540 median in Laredo, TX.
- This area's median is $830 (2.0%) above the $41,600 median in San Angelo, TX.
- This area's median is $220 (0.5%) below the $42,650 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $600 (1.4%) below the $43,030 median in Abilene, TX.
- This area's median is $1,070 (2.5%) below the $43,500 median in Lubbock, TX.
- This area's median is $1,790 (4.0%) below the $44,220 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $2,970 (6.5%) below the $45,400 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $3,510 (7.6%) below the $45,940 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $3,730 (8.1%) below the $46,160 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $4,540 (9.7%) below the $46,970 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $4,770 (10.1%) below the $47,200 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $4,910 (10.4%) below the $47,340 median in Waco, TX.
- This area's median is $4,950 (10.4%) below the $47,380 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $5,140 (10.8%) below the $47,570 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $5,310 (11.1%) below the $47,740 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
- This area's median is $5,350 (11.2%) below the $47,780 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $5,410 (11.3%) below the $47,840 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $5,710 (11.9%) below the $48,140 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $6,310 (12.9%) below the $48,740 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $6,470 (13.2%) below the $48,900 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $7,030 (14.2%) below the $49,460 median in Victoria, TX.
- This area's median is $7,240 (14.6%) below the $49,670 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $7,830 (15.6%) below the $50,260 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $9,830 (18.8%) below the $52,260 median in Odessa, TX.
- This area's median is $15,860 (27.2%) below the $58,290 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $18,400 (30.2%) below the $60,830 median in Midland, TX.
An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.
Which counties share this estimate?
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