Carpenters salary in El Paso, TX

Median pay for carpenters in El Paso, TX: $36,990/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $29,050 – $56,810 · about 670 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($49,990) by −$13,000 (-26%).

What it's really worth in El Paso

With El Paso's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $36,990 has the buying power of about $40,745 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $55,344 · median home $232,910 · median rent $1,520/mo.

Full El Paso cost of living & taxes →

How El Paso ranks for this job

On raw pay, El Paso, TX is 184th of the 187 metros we hold carpenters wages for. Once El Paso's cost of living is applied, it ranks 185th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so El Paso sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in El Paso

A median home in El Paso, TX costs $232,910 — about 6.3× 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 $1,520/mo works out at 49% 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 El Paso.

Metro	Median pay	vs El Paso	Rent vs El Paso
Honolulu, HI	$90,030	+143%	2×
Santa Rosa, CA	$80,260	+117%	1.7×
San Francisco, CA	$79,730	+116%	2.1×
San Jose, CA	$75,600	+104%	2.4×

Same job elsewhere in TX

Metro	Median pay	vs El Paso	Rent vs El Paso
Beaumont, TX	$54,020	+46%	0.9×
Longview, TX	$49,990	+35%	0.8×
Austin, TX	$48,600	+31%	1.1×
Amarillo, TX	$48,190	+30%	0.9×

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

Who hires carpenters around El Paso

Large local employers in sectors that typically employ this role.

• Fort Bliss · Government
• Helen of Troy · Manufacturing

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