SOC 47-2031 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025
How much do Carpenters make in Urban Honolulu, HI?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Carpenters in Urban Honolulu, HI is $94,310. The 10th percentile is $53,860 and the 90th percentile is $115,470. Employment is 3,120.
Median annual wage
$94,310
- 10th percentile
- $53,860
- 25th percentile
- $69,660
- Median
- $94,310
- 75th percentile
- $114,490
- 90th percentile
- $115,470
- Mean
- $89,400
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Carpenters, the published 10th percentile is $53,860 and the 90th percentile is $115,470. The difference is $61,610, which is 65.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $69,660 to the 75th at $114,490, covers $44,830.
The mean annual wage is $89,400, which sits below the median of $94,310. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Urban Honolulu, HI median is 55.7% higher than the national median of $60,580 for Carpenters. In 2024 national prices the local median is $84,994, which is 40.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 10.6% higher than the Hawaii median of $85,280.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Urban Honolulu, HI is 110.961, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $94,310 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Carpenters at $84,994 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Carpenters. Urban Honolulu, HI ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- Kahului-Wailuku, HI is 111 miles away, with a median of $82,110 and employment of 700. That median is 12.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,060, against $84,994 here.
Employment share
Carpenters accounts for 0.70% of wage-and-salary employment in Urban Honolulu, HI (3,120 of 446,380). Nationally the occupation is 0.43% of employment (670,090 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.62 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
Highest-paying jobs in Urban Honolulu, HI · Carpenters by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Carpenters make in Urban Honolulu, HI?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Carpenters in Urban Honolulu, HI is $94,310. The 10th percentile is $53,860 and the 90th percentile is $115,470. Employment is 3,120.
How does that compare with the national median for Carpenters?
The local median is 55.7% higher than the national median of $60,580.
What is Carpenters pay in Urban Honolulu, HI after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Urban Honolulu, HI is 110.961, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $94,310 is $84,994. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Urban Honolulu, HI compare with nearby metros for Carpenters?
Kahului-Wailuku, HI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 111 miles away, at $82,110. Urban Honolulu, HI ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.