Carpenters salary in Wilmington, NC

Median pay for carpenters in Wilmington, NC: $47,200/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $35,490 – $61,570 · about 570 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($49,990) by −$2,790 (-6%).

What it's really worth in Wilmington

With Wilmington's cost of living at 95 (US=100), that $47,200 has the buying power of about $49,454 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $68,845 · median home $446,210 · median rent $1,708/mo.

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How Wilmington ranks for this job

On raw pay, Wilmington, NC is 132nd of the 187 metros we hold carpenters wages for. Once Wilmington's cost of living is applied, it ranks 140th.

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

What that salary buys in Wilmington

A median home in Wilmington, NC costs $446,210 — about 9.5× 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 $1,708/mo works out at 43% 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 Wilmington.

Metro	Median pay	vs Wilmington	Rent vs Wilmington
Honolulu, HI	$90,030	+91%	1.7×
Santa Rosa, CA	$80,260	+70%	1.5×
San Francisco, CA	$79,730	+69%	1.9×
San Jose, CA	$75,600	+60%	2.1×

Same job elsewhere in NC

Metro	Median pay	vs Wilmington	Rent vs Wilmington
Raleigh, NC	$48,880	+4%	1×
Charlotte, NC	$48,690	+3%	1×
Asheville, NC	$48,230	+2%	1×
Winston-Salem, NC	$46,140	−2%	0.9×

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

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