Carpenters salary in Little Rock, AR

Median pay for carpenters in Little Rock, AR: $45,440/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $35,290 – $56,460 · about 870 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($49,990) by −$4,550 (-9%).

What it's really worth in Little Rock

With Little Rock's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $45,440 has the buying power of about $50,765 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,664 · median home $231,039 · median rent $1,246/mo.

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How Little Rock ranks for this job

On raw pay, Little Rock, AR is 157th of the 187 metros we hold carpenters wages for. Once Little Rock's cost of living is applied, it ranks 123rd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Little Rock 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 Little Rock

A median home in Little Rock, AR costs $231,039 — about 5.1× 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 $1,246/mo works out at 33% 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 Little Rock.

Metro	Median pay	vs Little Rock	Rent vs Little Rock
Honolulu, HI	$90,030	+98%	2.4×
Santa Rosa, CA	$80,260	+77%	2.1×
San Francisco, CA	$79,730	+75%	2.6×
San Jose, CA	$75,600	+66%	2.9×

Same job elsewhere in AR

Metro	Median pay	vs Little Rock	Rent vs Little Rock
Fayetteville, AR	$44,890	−1%	1.3×
Fort Smith, AR	$36,810	−19%	0.8×

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

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