SOC 47-2031 · Area 36220 · May 2025
Carpenters
Odessa, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $41,330 | $19.87 |
| 25th percentile | $46,950 | $22.57 |
| Median | $52,260 | $25.12 |
| 75th percentile | $58,960 | $28.35 |
| 90th percentile | $61,980 | $29.80 |
| Average | $52,730 | $25.35 |
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: 180. 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 $46,950 to $58,960 in 2025, a span of $12,010.
The area median is $3,360 (6.9%) above Texas's $48,900 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 29 other published areas
- This area's median is $16,620 (46.6%) above the $35,640 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $13,640 (35.3%) above the $38,620 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
- This area's median is $10,730 (25.8%) above the $41,530 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $10,720 (25.8%) above the $41,540 median in Laredo, TX.
- This area's median is $10,660 (25.6%) above the $41,600 median in San Angelo, TX.
- This area's median is $9,830 (23.2%) above the $42,430 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $9,610 (22.5%) above the $42,650 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $9,230 (21.5%) above the $43,030 median in Abilene, TX.
- This area's median is $8,760 (20.1%) above the $43,500 median in Lubbock, TX.
- This area's median is $8,040 (18.2%) above the $44,220 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $6,860 (15.1%) above the $45,400 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $6,320 (13.8%) above the $45,940 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $6,100 (13.2%) above the $46,160 median in Longview, TX.
- This area's median is $5,290 (11.3%) above the $46,970 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $5,060 (10.7%) above the $47,200 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $4,920 (10.4%) above the $47,340 median in Waco, TX.
- This area's median is $4,880 (10.3%) above the $47,380 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $4,690 (9.9%) above the $47,570 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $4,520 (9.5%) above the $47,740 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
- This area's median is $4,480 (9.4%) above the $47,780 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $4,420 (9.2%) above the $47,840 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $4,120 (8.6%) above the $48,140 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $3,520 (7.2%) above the $48,740 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $3,360 (6.9%) above the $48,900 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $2,800 (5.7%) above the $49,460 median in Victoria, TX.
- This area's median is $2,590 (5.2%) above the $49,670 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $2,000 (4.0%) above the $50,260 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $6,030 (10.3%) below the $58,290 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $8,570 (14.1%) below the $60,830 median in Midland, TX.
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Which counties share this estimate?
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