Carpenters salary in Brownsville, TX

Median pay for carpenters in Brownsville, TX: $41,300/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $28,430 – $49,610 · about 190 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($49,990) by −$8,690 (-17%).

What it's really worth in Brownsville

With Brownsville's cost of living at 86 (US=100), that $41,300 has the buying power of about $48,192 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $47,435 · median home $207,150 · median rent $1,460/mo.

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How Brownsville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Brownsville, TX is 178th of the 187 metros we hold carpenters wages for. Once Brownsville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 152nd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Brownsville is one of the places where carpenters gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Brownsville

A median home in Brownsville, TX costs $207,150 — about 5× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,460/mo works out at 42% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

Where carpenters earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Brownsville.

Metro	Median pay	vs Brownsville	Rent vs Brownsville
Honolulu, HI	$90,030	+118%	2×
Santa Rosa, CA	$80,260	+94%	1.8×
San Francisco, CA	$79,730	+93%	2.2×
San Jose, CA	$75,600	+83%	2.5×

Same job elsewhere in TX

Metro	Median pay	vs Brownsville	Rent vs Brownsville
Beaumont, TX	$54,020	+31%	0.9×
Longview, TX	$49,990	+21%	0.8×
Austin, TX	$48,600	+18%	1.1×
Amarillo, TX	$48,190	+17%	0.9×

Staying in TX keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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